Chatterino

Chatterino is a featherweight and useful piece of software that allows you to chat with your fellow Twitch users directly from your computer's desktop. It's meant to provide you with an extended version of the Twitch web chat, but the app's main highlight is definitely the fact that it offers a faster solution than the classic one which involves you having to use a web browser.

As expected, in order to use the app you are required to first authorize Chatterino to use your account or skip this step altogether if you're aiming to chat as a guest user.

Once logged in, you are bound to discover the app's fairly non-impressive, tabbed interface user interface. It shortly becomes evident that the interface is the element that has been sacrificed for increased speed, as well as for obtaining a lightweight package.

New channels or chat sessions can be added by simply clicking plus button from the top toolbar. There are two extra buttons located on the left side of the toolbar, one helps you access the accounts section, while the other launches the Preferences menu.

Even though it may not look the part, the app stacks a relatively impressive set of customization options. You can add as many accounts as you like (although, it's worth pointing out that using multiple accounts with the same IP is a straight way of getting suspended on Twitch), choose one of multiple GUI themes, as well as change the theme's hue values and fonts.

There are other advanced options, as well. For example, you can even configure the mouse scroll speed, add various commands, enable or disable various types of emoji or emotes, ignore users, ignore messages, just to name a few.

As an ending note, Chatterino is a nifty and useful application that is sure to find its way on your computer if you spend a lot of time chatting with other users on Twitch. As mentioned before, it's no contender for the "best-looking app award," however, it's fast, convenient, and highly configurable which is exactly why you should give it a try.