Twitch & Kick clip downloader

One downloader for Twitch and Kick clips

Twitch has never had a download button for clips you didn't make, and Kick doesn't have one at all. Yet clips are exactly what people want to keep: the funny moment, the clutch play, the stream highlight that becomes a TikTok. This tool takes a clip link from either platform and gives you a plain MP4 file that plays anywhere and drops straight into any video editor.

For Twitch, you get every resolution the clip was saved in, typically 1080p, 720p, 480p and 360p, with the frame rate shown so you can keep 60fps footage at 60fps. For Kick, you get the clip in the quality Kick recorded it at, converted from Kick's streaming format into a single MP4.

There's no app to install, no browser extension and no account. The tool works the same on a phone as on a computer, and it doesn't cap how many clips you can save in a day. When a clip can't be downloaded, because it was deleted, it's a VOD rather than a clip, or Kick's bot protection got in the way, it tells you which of those happened instead of failing silently.

How it works on each platform

Twitch

Twitch serves every clip as a ready-made MP4 file at several resolutions. To protect those files, each download link carries a short-lived signature, the same one the Twitch player requests when you press play. The tool asks Twitch for the clip's details and that signature in one request, then streams the resolution you pick to you as a download. The file is byte-for-byte what Twitch serves: not re-encoded, not watermarked, not upscaled.

Kick

Kick stores clips differently. Instead of one MP4, a clip is an HLS playlist: a short text file pointing at a series of two-second chunks of video. That's ideal for streaming and awkward for saving. The tool looks the clip up, then your browser downloads the chunks directly from Kick and joins them into a single MP4 using ffmpeg.wasm, the open-source FFmpeg video tool compiled to run inside a web page. It copies the video and audio into a new container without re-encoding, so quality is untouched and it finishes in seconds.

The first Kick conversion on a visit loads the converter (about 30 MB). After that it's cached and later clips convert almost instantly.

Which links work

How to copy a clip link

Twitch on desktop

Open the clip, click Share under the player and choose Copy link. A clip opened from a channel's Clips tab also works straight from the address bar.

Twitch app

Open the clip, tap the Share arrow, then Copy link.

Kick

Open the clip from a channel's Clips tab and copy the address, or use the clip's share button. Either link format works.

Saving clips on each device

Picking the right quality

• Editing for YouTube or a montage: take the highest resolution and the 60fps version if offered. You can always scale down later, but you can't add detail back.
• Vertical edits for TikTok, Reels or Shorts: still take 1080p. Cropping a 16:9 clip to 9:16 throws away about two-thirds of the width, so a higher source resolution keeps the crop sharp.
• Sending in a chat or Discord: 720p or 480p is usually plenty and keeps the file small. If it's still too big, run it through the video compressor.

When a download fails

• "Twitch couldn't find that clip." The clip was deleted, or the link got cut off when copying. Clip slugs are long, so check the end of the link.
• "That's a Twitch VOD." You pasted a full broadcast link. Find the moment, make a clip of it on Twitch, then paste the clip link.
• "Kick's bot protection blocked the lookup." Kick sometimes challenges automated requests. Wait a minute and try again.
• The Kick conversion fails on a phone. Older phones can run out of memory with very long clips. Try on a computer, or close other tabs.
• The download opens a video instead of saving it. You're inside an in-app browser (Discord, Instagram, X). Open this page in Safari or Chrome.

How clips are made on Twitch and Kick

A clip is a short cut of a live stream or a past broadcast that any viewer can create. On Twitch, you press the clip button (or Alt+X on desktop) while watching, then trim the selection; Twitch clips can be up to 60 seconds. Kick works the same way from its player, and allows longer clips: the ones we tested ran from 15 seconds to more than two minutes.

Two things follow from how clips are made:

• The clip inherits the stream's quality. A clip from a 1080p60 broadcast is 1080p60; a clip from a 720p30 broadcast is 720p30. Nothing a downloader does can change that.
• The clip has its own permanent link. Even after the VOD it came from expires, the clip stays up unless someone deletes it. That link is what you paste here.

Other ways to save a clip, compared

For one clip at a time, a paste-and-download page is the fastest route. If you need whole VODs or hundreds of clips, a desktop tool built for bulk work is the better fit.

Step by step on a PC or Mac

1. Open the clip on Twitch or Kick. On Twitch, clips live under a channel's Videos → Clips tab; on Kick, under the channel's Clips tab.
2. Click Share → Copy link, or copy the address bar.
3. Paste it into the box at the top of this page and click Get clip.
4. For Twitch, click Download next to the resolution you want; 1080p60 is listed first when it exists. For Kick, click the single Download button and wait a few seconds while it converts.
5. The MP4 is in your Downloads folder, ready to drag into an editor.

Getting clips into an edit

Downloaded clips are standard H.264 video with AAC audio in an MP4, which every editor opens natively: Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut, iMovie and Shotcut. A few habits make stream edits easier:

• Keep 60fps clips at 60fps on your timeline if you plan slow motion; a 60fps source slowed to half speed still plays smoothly.
• Match your project to the clip (1920×1080 or 1280×720) before cropping to vertical, so the editor isn't scaling twice.
• Check the audio for muted sections before you build an edit around a clip. Twitch silences flagged music, and those gaps carry into the clip.
• Rename files as you download with the channel and the moment ("streamer-ace-clutch.mp4"), because clip slugs like "PeacefulBelovedChinchilla…" are hard to search later.

Respecting streamers and copyright

A clip belongs to the streamer, and often also to the game publisher, the musicians in the background or the guest on stream. Downloading a clip to rewatch it, or to send to a friend with a link back to the channel, is how clips are meant to travel. Re-uploading other people's clips to your own channel, especially a monetised one, is different. Most streamers welcome highlight channels that ask first and credit them; many will issue takedowns against channels that don't. Twitch also mutes or removes clips containing copyrighted music, so a downloaded clip doesn't make that music safe to reuse. This is general information, not legal advice.

Clips, highlights and VODs: what's the difference?

Twitch and Kick use three related words for saved stream footage, and only one of them is what this tool downloads.

If the moment you want only exists in a VOD, make a clip of it first. On Twitch, press the clip button while watching the VOD and trim it to the part you need. Then paste the new clip's link here. Clips are permanent unless someone deletes them, while VODs expire, so clipping a moment is also the simplest way to keep it.

Turning clips into TikToks, Reels and Shorts

Stream clips are one of the most common sources for short-form video, and the workflow is simple once you have the MP4:

1. Download the highest quality. A 9:16 vertical crop keeps only about a third of a 16:9 frame's width, so starting from 1080p keeps the crop sharp.
2. Crop or split the frame. The common layout puts the facecam in the top third and the gameplay in the bottom two-thirds. CapCut, Premiere and DaVinci Resolve all have templates for it.
3. Add captions. Most short-form video is watched without sound, so burned-in captions make a big difference.
4. Credit the streamer in the video and the caption, and link their channel. It's good practice, and many streamers only tolerate clip channels that do it.

Downloading clips of your own channel

Streamers have an official option on Twitch: the Clips section of the Creator Dashboard lists every clip made on your channel, by you or by viewers, and a clip's share menu includes a download option. That's the right tool for bulk archiving. This page is quicker for grabbing one clip, for clips of other channels you collaborate with, and for Kick, which has no equivalent download option for viewers.

If you run a highlights channel with a streamer's permission, keep the downloaded originals in one folder named by date and clip title. When a platform asks for proof of permission, or you want to re-edit an old clip in a new format, you'll have the untouched source.

Why some clips aren't 1080p

A clip can never be sharper than the stream it was cut from. Twitch lets streamers broadcast at different resolutions and frame rates, commonly 1080p60, 936p60, 720p60 or 720p30. Clips inherit whatever the broadcast was. If the highest option this tool lists is 720p, that was the stream's own maximum. A downloader offering "1080p" for that clip would simply be upscaling, which makes the file bigger without adding any detail.

The lower options (480p, 360p) are versions Twitch made for viewers on slow connections. They're handy when you need a small file to send quickly. Frame rate is shown next to each option: keep 60fps for fast games and anything you'll slow down in an edit, and choose 30fps when a smaller file matters more.

Kick clips come in a single quality, the one the stream was recorded at, so there's just one download option.

Privacy

The clip link you paste goes to a small server function that asks Twitch or Kick for that clip's public details. Nothing is logged or stored, and there's no account. Twitch files are streamed through to you without being kept. Kick clips are downloaded and converted entirely by your own browser, so the finished file never touches our servers.

Last checked and updated: 11 October 2026. Platforms change how they serve media; if this tool stops working for a link, it is usually fixed within days.