Twitch was using 1.5GB+ of RAM, so I built a lightweight alternative
I was watching Twitch and noticed how much memory it was using just to watch a single stream. I wanted something that kept the actual viewing experience (stream, chat, emotes, etc.) without all the extra clutter that caused unnecessary memory usage. So I built TwitchLite, a Chrome extension that allows you to open streams in a much more minimal, customizable viewer. It currently has three modes: Lite (~48-50% memory savings*): Just the stream, chat, and 7TV/BTTV/FFZ emotes. Balanced (~4