Every VTuber tool worth knowing about
We dug through plugin wikis, itch.io, OBS forums and even Japan’s Booth marketplace to map out the free and paid tools that actually help building your avatar, sounding better, dressing up your stream, and getting your chat involved. Filter by what you need right now.
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From your first PNGTuber avatar to plugins your chat can actually mess with, sorted so you don’t have to dig.
VTube Studio
The go-to app for Live2D avatars. It reacts to your webcam and has by far the biggest plugin community around.
Animaze
Formerly FaceRig. Runs on its own engine, no Unity dependency, with solid iPhone-based tracking support.
VSeeFace
The free favorite for 3D VRM avatars. Maintained by a single developer, yet it holds its own against paid software.
Warudo
An all-in-one 3D app: webcam-only tracking, custom props, and visual automation with no coding required.
VNyan
Free and beloved in the 3D scene. Pendulum chains make accessories and hair sway on their own, plus a mode built to run alongside VTube Studio.
3tene (Mitene)
A Japanese alternative to VSeeFace for getting started in 3D, lightweight with a gentle learning curve.
Kalidoface 3D
Drag your VRM model into a browser tab and you’re set: full face and body tracking with nothing to install.
XR Animator
Full-body capture, face, hands and body, using only your webcam. Export the animation to edit later.
SnekStudio
An open-source 3D app that actually supports Linux well, something almost nothing else does.
veadotube mini
The de facto PNGTuber app. Upload two images, mouth open and closed, and you have a reactive avatar in seconds.
PNGTuber Plus
A step up from veadotube: split your art into layers so it bounces and reacts with real physics.
VBridger
The most accurate facial tracking plugin for VTS, built to get the most out of an iPhone’s camera for realistic mouth shapes.
T.I.T.S. (Throw Items)
Lets your chat throw items at you using channel points, and your model reacts like it’s dodging or catching them.
KBonk (Karasubonk)
A lighter version of T.I.T.S. — simple interaction so your community can bonk you without a heavy setup.
Nyarupad
Connect a game controller (Xbox, Switch Pro, etc.) to your model’s parameters for one-button gestures and poses.
VTS-Chameleon / T.H.I.C.C.
Recolor your model live, skin, outfit, hair, without re-exporting it from Live2D.
Audiomimi
Fires sound effects automatically based on how your model moves, great for recurring comedic gestures.
Heart-Rate Plugin (HypeRate / Pulsoid)
Wire a real heart-rate monitor to your model so your chat can literally see you get nervous during a horror game.
Voicemod
The most popular voice changer, with 90+ voices and support for almost any app that uses a microphone.
Clownfish Voice Changer
Lightweight and genuinely free, running at the system level so it works in any chat app or game.
Voxal Voice Changer
A free alternative to Voicemod with solid pitch and tone control, good for testing out how you want to sound.
StreamElements
A cloud-based overlay and alert editor with a huge library of free themes ready to use.
Streamlabs
Streaming software with its own theme and alert store, much of it free, built into its own broadcasting app.
OWN3D Pro
A large library of overlays, camera frames, and alerts, with a scene editor made for people who don’t design.
Nerd or Die
Free overlay packs with consistently strong quality: camera frame, alerts, panels, and a be-right-back screen.
Canva
For building banners, panels and thumbnails from scratch with no design skills, using templates made for streaming.
Move Transition
Turns hard scene cuts into smooth, animated transitions, with almost no performance cost.
Advanced Scene Switcher
Automate your production with rules, like switching to a break screen if your mic stays muted for 30 seconds.
StreamFX
Advanced filters for OBS: blur, 3D transforms and shadows, everything the base app is missing.
Aitum Vertical / Multistream
Stream horizontal and vertical at once, or to multiple platforms simultaneously, without running OBS twice.
Streamer.bot
The most flexible option out there: connects OBS, VTS, Elgato, donations and heart-rate sensors together through websockets.
SAMMI
No-code visual automation for your stream, and it turns any spare phone or tablet into a free Stream Deck.
Firebot
An open-source Twitch bot with channel currency, chat mini-games and moderation, no coding required.
Mix It Up
A multi-platform bot (Twitch, YouTube, Trovo) with strong Stream Deck integration and interactive avatar support.
StreamLadder Schedule Maker
Build your weekly schedule graphic in minutes, with formats ready for a Twitch panel, Discord, or social media.
StreamPlanner
A tool focused purely on schedules, faster and simpler than building one from scratch in a design app.
Skedul Streamer
Generates a public link with your schedule that updates itself, perfect for your social media bio.
Booth.pm
Japan’s marketplace for Live2D and VRM models, animated backgrounds and accessories. A huge amount of it is free, even browsing in Japanese.
DaVinci Resolve
A professional, free video editor, great for putting together long highlight reels or edited stream VODs.
CapCut
The fastest way to cut vertical clips for TikTok or Shorts, with a web version that needs no install.
Aegisub
The standard for styled subtitles, animated typography, colors, karaoke, heavily used by anime and VTuber clippers.
iFacialMocap
Turns your iPhone’s Face ID into a highly accurate expression capture rig, no extra hardware required.
FaceMotion3D
Made by the same developer as iFacialMocap: free, with gesture calibration and even karaoke-style lyric text overlays.
VRoid Studio
Pixiv’s free 3D avatar creator. Drag sliders to build hair, face and outfits, then export straight to VSeeFace, Warudo or VRChat.
Live2D Cubism Editor
The industry standard for rigging 2D models. Free tier caps you at 100 parameters, Pro (about $100/year) unlocks blend shapes and no limits.
Inochi Creator
Open source rigging tool built to replace Live2D Cubism entirely. Free evaluation version, or pay once ($30-40) to remove the startup screen.
Inochi Session
The tracking counterpart to Inochi Creator: stream with your rigged Inochi2D model using VTube Studio, MeowFace, VMC or OpenSeeFace tracking.
Craft2VRM
Upload a Minecraft skin and get back a rigged VRM model, a genuinely fun shortcut for a gamer-themed avatar.
NVIDIA Broadcast
AI noise removal and virtual background, powered by your RTX GPU. One toggle and your mic stops picking up your keyboard.
Voicemeeter
The router almost every Windows streamer eventually installs: mixes mic, game and chat audio into separate channels before they hit OBS.
VB-Cable
A virtual audio cable that pipes sound from one app straight into another, the missing piece for routing your mic through Voicemeeter or a voice changer.
VDO.Ninja
Bring a remote co-host or guest straight into OBS as a browser source, peer-to-peer, no account and nothing for your guest to install.
obs-shaderfilter
Drop custom HLSL shaders onto any source: CRT scanlines, chromatic aberration, drop shadows, dozens of community presets included.
Source Record
Records a single source (just your cam, just your game) as its own file while the rest of the scene keeps recording normally.
Crowd Control
Lets your chat spawn enemies, flip your controls or trigger real effects inside 250+ supported games using bits, coins or channel points.
MEEP
Build custom Twitch redeem interactions for your model with an SDK, made by and for VTubers who want reactions no plugin already covers.
Nyarutab
Turns a spare tablet into a stream overlay from the same dev as Nyarupad, handy if you already run a controller-tracked model.
RahiTuber
A lighter, more customisable PNGTuber option than most, popular as the next step once veadotube mini feels too basic.
Source Clone
Clones any OBS source and lets you apply different filters to the clone without touching the original, handy for two looks of the same avatar at once.
Downstream Keyer
A permanent overlay layer (logo, alerts, camera frame) that stays on top no matter which scene you’re on, so you stop duplicating it everywhere.
Nightbot
The classic cloud moderation bot for Twitch and YouTube: spam filters, timers and custom commands, running even when your PC is off.
SE.Live
StreamElements’ own OBS dock: chat, activity feed and alerts sitting inside OBS itself, so you’re not tabbing out to check who just followed.
TP_VTS (Touch Portal Integration)
Bridges the Touch Portal phone app to VTube Studio: trigger hotkeys, tint ArtMeshes or load models by tapping a button on your phone screen.
Stream Deck: VTube Studio plugin
Elgato’s official plugin: change models, fire hotkeys and move, scale or rotate your avatar straight from your Stream Deck’s buttons or dials.
RewardsTheater
Lets channel point redeems play local videos or sounds natively inside OBS, no browser source or upload required, and it queues overlapping redeems.
NDI Tools
Sends video and audio between PCs on the same network with near-zero latency, no capture card needed for a second PC running your avatar.
Live3D
An all-in-one 3D suite: build the avatar, rig it and track it live without chaining VRoid, Cubism and VSeeFace together.
VoiceAttack Pixel Detect Plugin
Watches a screen zone (like a health bar) for color changes and fires VoiceAttack commands, which you can wire into VTS hotkeys for automatic in-game reactions.
VMC-MC (Virtual Motion Capture)
A Minecraft mod that streams your relative health, sprint, damage taken and dozens more in-game states over the VMC protocol to any compatible VTubing app.
Stinger Transition Maker (StingerCrafter)
Build a custom transparent stinger transition in the browser: pick a design, drop in your logo and colors, export a WebM for OBS in minutes.
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Know a tool we’re missing?
This list keeps growing. If there’s an app, plugin, or asset pack you swear by that isn’t here yet, we’d love to hear about it.
How we pick what goes in the toolbox
There’s no single place that lists every plugin, app, and asset a VTuber might need the good stuff is scattered across itch.io, OBS forums, Booth, Discord servers, and word of mouth. This directory pulls all of that into one filterable list, split by what stage you’re at: whether you’re setting up your very first avatar or fine-tuning a professional setup.
What you’ll find sorted here:
- Avatar creation and rigging software, free and paid
- Face and body tracking tools
- Streaming software and OBS plugins
- Audio tools for cleaner mic quality
- Chat interaction plugins and overlay tools
Use the filter (All / Free / Freemium / Paid) to narrow the list down to your budget before you start comparing options.
Frequently asked questions
How do you decide which tools make the list?
Each tool is added because it’s actively used and recommended within VTuber and streaming communities, not because of sponsorships.
Are all the tools listed here free?
No. the directory includes free, freemium, and paid tools. Use the filter at the top to only show the pricing tier you’re interested in.
How often is this list updated?
It’s reviewed and updated regularly as new tools come out and older ones get replaced or discontinued.
Can I suggest a tool that’s missing?
Yes, use the “Suggest a Tool” link on this page, if it’s genuinely useful to VTubers, it’ll get added.
Is this directory only for beginners?
No. while it’s a great starting point if you’re new, it also covers more advanced tools for creators upgrading an existing setup.