We review how to install a music bot on Twitch and which bots are best.
Live streaming on Twitch is a performance and like any such show, it often needs to be accompanied by music. With tons of options for stream-safe tracks, it’s never been a better time to jazz up your stream with some tunes.
But anyone can simply set up a Spotify or Pretzel source and call it a day. If you want to up the ante, you’ll want to install a music bot.
Why install a bot for music on Twitch?
We’ve said before that the main difference between a Twitch stream and watching content on YouTube and Tik Tok is interactivity. Viewers are spending their precious time on your stream to engage with you and your content.
Having a music bot running can give you an extra point of interaction. For starters, it can broadcast automatically to your chat what track is playing. Viewers can also bring up this information at will via commands. What’s even more powerful, though, are song requests which your bot can also handle through special chat commands. This gives your audience the power to influence the show directly and you don’t even need to lift a finger.
Now that you’ve got some good reasons to install a music bot on your Twitch channel, it’s time to find out how. To accomplish this, you’ve got two major choices: Nightbot and Moobot.
Nightbot
To install Nightbot, you need to first head over to https://nightbot.tv. Once there, you’ll need to hit the Login button. On the next screen, you’ll have the option to log in with your Twitch account. Hit that purple button and input your Twitch credentials. Now, you should find yourself in the Nightbot dashboard.
Your next step is to have the music bot join your Twitch chat. Select the Join Channel button on the right of the Dashboard section and follow the instructions. The most important step is to give your bot mod privileges. Head over to your Twitch channel and in the chat type “/mod nightbot” then hit enter. Now, your bot should have the ability to do all of the musical good stuff you want.
Head back to the Nightbot dashboard and select the Song Requests section. Select the AutoDj option and on the top, you should see an Enable button. Hit that bad boy and your bot should now take song requests. Your users will be able to type “!songs” to make requests.
Moobot
Similar to Nighbot, go to https://moo.bot. Once the site comes up, hit the Connect with Twitch button and enter your Twitch credentials. Right off the bat on the dashboard, you should see a warning that states the music bot isn’t currently detected on your stream. Press the green magic wand button and follow the process.
Once again, you’ll need to mod Moobot so either use the chat function on the dashboard or go to your stream, type “/mod moobot” and hit enter. Now, to set up Moobot for song requests, select the Features section and then the Special Features sub-section. This will bring up a menu with Song Requests being the top option. Turn it on then use Settings to set up a command for your chat.
About copyright and DMCA
No matter what bot you use for music on your stream, it’s important to note that there is no guarantee their default playlists are stream-safe. As both of the above bots support either Soundcloud or YouTube playlists, you can look up copyright or royalty-free lists on either platform and use those with your music bot of choice.
You can also check out our guide for getting DMCA-free music.