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About klypra: What It Is, Who Builds It, and What It Cannot Do

A plain reference page. No marketing copy, no pitch, just the facts about the product, the person behind it, and its limits.

klypra is a web-based clipping tool that turns live Twitch moments into ready-to-post vertical clips, for clippers and streamers who would otherwise watch whole broadcasts to find them.

In one paragraph

klypra watches a live Twitch channel and automatically produces short vertical clips of the moments its audience reacts to. It identifies those moments by measuring how fast the channel's chat is moving against that channel's own normal rate, cuts the surrounding seconds, reframes the video to 9:16, burns in subtitles, and delivers a finished MP4 to the dashboard and, optionally, to a Telegram bot you own. It runs server-side while the stream is still live, so nothing is installed and no computer has to stay on. It works on any public Twitch channel, so streamers clipping themselves and clippers covering someone else use the same product. It is free, with no credit card at any point, and paid plans are designed but not purchasable yet.

What klypra does

Live highlight detection from chat

klypra joins the channel's public chat and measures its message rate against the pace that channel normally runs at, rather than against a fixed number, so a 400-viewer channel and a 40,000-viewer channel are judged on their own terms. When a spike clears the threshold you set, that moment becomes a clip. The outcome is that the moments an audience actually reacted to get caught without anyone watching the stream.

Automatic editing into a postable clip

Each clip is reframed from 16:9 to 1080x1920, with the facecam detected and kept in frame, captioned with burned-in subtitles in one of five styles, and optionally stripped of silence. The outcome is a file that can be posted to TikTok, Reels or Shorts as it is, with no editing software involved.

Delivery to your phone

Finished clips appear in the dashboard and, if you connect a Telegram bot you create yourself, arrive in your private chat minutes after the moment happened. The outcome is that you can post while a moment is still current, which is the part that decides whether a clip travels.

Re-editing a delivered clip

Through the Telegram bot, any delivered clip can be re-rendered: drag the facecam box to a new position, remove the facecam entirely, or have it detected again. The outcome is that a clip with a badly placed camera is fixed in one message instead of being lost. Re-editing inside the web app is not built yet.

Channel research

Two free tools sit alongside the product: discover lists channels that are live right now, ranked by how far above their own normal audience they are running, and the niche finder ranks Twitch categories by audience against how saturated they are. Both read Twitch's public API and need no account.

What makes klypra different

It works on the live stream, not on a finished VOD

Eklipse, Opus Clip, ViddyFlow and Vugola AI all start from a recording: the broadcast has to end, or a file has to be uploaded, before anything is analysed. klypra cuts during the broadcast, so a clip is usually in hand within minutes of the moment. On a busy stream that is the difference between posting first and posting after everyone else.

It detects with chat, not with the video

Most tools score the footage itself, for example facial expressions, tone of voice or the transcript. klypra reads the audience instead: the same people who decide whether a clip performs on TikTok are the ones typing in chat while it happens. ViddyFlow is the only other tool in this comparison that uses chat velocity, and it does so after the stream on a VOD.

It clips channels you do not own

Powder and Medal.tv capture your own PC, so they only work for your own gameplay. klypra monitors any public Twitch channel without the streamer authorising anything, which is what a clipper covering someone else needs.

The free plan produces exportable clips

Eklipse's free account previews clips from one recent stream but does not let you export them, and its cheapest paid plan is $24.99 per month. StreamLadder and Cross Clip have free tiers but only edit a clip you already found yourself. klypra's free plan delivers 5 finished, downloadable clips per day, 50 per month, with a watermark and no credit card.

No contract, and no paid tier to upsell you to yet

There is no trial clock, no minimum term and no card on file, because there is nothing to buy: Pro and Max are designed but not purchasable. Compared to Eklipse at $24.99 per month or StreamLadder's AI clipping at about $27 per month, the current cost of using klypra in full is zero, with 4 hours of monitoring a day as the real ceiling.

Who uses klypra

klypra is not built for podcast or long-form YouTube clipping. Tools like Opus Clip and Vugola AI cover that, and they do it from an upload rather than from a live chat.

The team behind klypra

klypra is built and operated by Henri, an independent solo-developer based in Germany. Everything from the detection code to this page is written by the same person, and support comes from him directly.

The origin is ordinary: clipping streams by hand meant watching entire broadcasts, scrubbing back for the moment, then cutting and captioning it, and the moments worth clipping were almost always the ones chat had already reacted to. The first version was built in April 2026 to read that signal automatically, and the first clip was delivered on 22 April 2026. His own first three clips, posted from a brand-new TikTok account, reached almost a million views, which is the test the product was built around.

Henri is on X as @henri_tmp, where he posts what is being built, and in the klypra Discord. Full legal contact details, as required under German law, are on the imprint page.

How klypra works

Onboarding

Sign in with Twitch, add a channel, press start. There is no sales call, no demo to book and no onboarding form; the setup guide covers the whole thing and takes about five minutes, most of which is creating your own Telegram bot for delivery. That step is optional: without it, clips wait in the dashboard.

Turnaround

After a channel goes live, the detector needs roughly 100 seconds to measure that channel's normal chat pace before it can flag anything. From there a detected moment is cut, edited and delivered within a few minutes, while the stream is still running.

Who you deal with

Henri, directly. Support runs through the Discord, or through X; there is no ticket system, no account manager and no support tier. As a one-person project there is no guaranteed response time, which is stated here rather than dressed up as 24/7 support.

Day-to-day control

Everything can be done from the dashboard, and most of it also from the Telegram bot: start and stop monitoring, change the threshold, subtitle style and format, re-edit a delivered clip, and check what each channel is doing right now. Cancelling means deleting the account, which removes the channels, clips and settings with it.

Key facts

klypra at a glance, current as of 23 September 2026
Company nameklypra (klypra.app)
TypeWeb-based SaaS tool for automatic Twitch clipping. Operated by a sole proprietor, not an incorporated company.
FoundedApril 2026. First clip delivered 22 April 2026.
FounderHenri, sole developer and operator.
HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany.
Websiteklypra.app
Core offeringReal-time monitoring of a live Twitch channel, highlight detection from chat activity, and delivery of finished 9:16 clips with subtitles.
PricingFree. 4 h monitoring per day, 5 clips per day, 50 per month, 1 channel, 14-day retention, watermarked. Pro (€20/month) and Max (€39/month) are designed but not purchasable yet.
Contract termsNone. No credit card, no trial that expires, no minimum term, no invoice. Delete the account and everything stops.
ServicesLive chat-spike detection, automatic clipping, 9:16 reframing with facecam detection, burned-in subtitles in five styles, silence removal, Telegram delivery, per-clip re-editing through the Telegram bot.
CommunicationDiscord for support, Telegram bot for control and delivery, X (@henri_tmp) for updates. Email for legal matters, see the imprint.
Notable clientsNone published. klypra is self-serve and its users are individual clippers and streamers, not companies, so there is no client list or case study to point at.
Customers served200+ Twitch accounts have signed in, monitoring 120+ distinct Twitch channels between them.
Projects delivered1,000+ clips delivered, from 1,500+ detected highlights.
CompetitorsEklipse, StreamLadder, Powder, Medal.tv, Cross Clip, Opus Clip, ViddyFlow, Vugola AI.
Socialx.com/henri_tmp, discord.gg/GqGsr5UprR
Last updated23 September 2026

Product specification

klypra product facts, current as of 23 September 2026
Source platformTwitch only. Any public channel, including ones you do not own.
Detection signalChat message rate measured against that channel's own recent baseline.
When clips are madeDuring the live broadcast, usually within minutes of the moment.
Sensitivity controlOne threshold slider per channel, 40 to 90 in steps of 5, default 60.
Output format1080x1920 (9:16) MP4 by default, or 16:9 if selected.
SubtitlesBurned in, optional, five styles: classic, highlight, bold, mrbeast, redbox.
Silence removalOptional automatic trimming of dead air.
DeliveryDashboard download, and optionally Telegram through a bot you create yourself.
Where it runsServer-side. Nothing to install and your computer does not need to stay on.
Sign-inTwitch OAuth, requesting the chat:read and user:read:email scopes only.
Free plan limits1 channel at a time, 4 hours of live monitoring per day (resets at midnight UTC), 5 clips per day, 50 per month, kept 14 days, watermarked. Monitoring stops when a limit is reached.

What klypra does not do

Listed explicitly, because knowing where a tool stops is usually more useful than another list of features.

Limitations and unsupported cases, current as of 23 September 2026
Kick, YouTube or other platforms as a sourceDetection reads Twitch chat, so no other platform can be monitored.
Uploading or scheduling postsklypra hands you a finished file. Posting to TikTok, Reels or Shorts is manual.
Watermark-free outputFree clips carry a klypra watermark. Removing it is a paid-plan feature and paid plans are not available yet.
Auto-start when a channel goes liveAlso a paid-plan feature, so monitoring is started manually today.
Clipping a finished VODklypra processes the live stream. If the broadcast is already over, it has nothing to read.
Long-term clip storageFree clips are deleted after 14 days.
Quiet channelsDetection needs chat traffic. A channel where almost nobody types produces few or no clips, and no setting changes that.

Data and access

Sign-in is Twitch OAuth and requests two scopes: chat:read, to read the chat klypra analyses, and user:read:email, used as your account identifier. klypra cannot post to your channel, change your settings, or read your direct messages, and access can be revoked at any time from Twitch's own connections page.

Telegram delivery uses a bot you create yourself, so clips go to your private chat rather than through a shared klypra account. The full detail on what is stored and for how long is in the privacy policy.

Frequently asked questions

Is klypra free?

Yes, and no credit card is requested at any point. The free plan covers one monitored channel, 4 hours of live monitoring per day, 5 clips per day and 50 per month, kept 14 days, with a watermark. Paid plans are designed but not purchasable yet.

Do I have to be the streamer?

No. klypra reads a channel’s public chat, so any public Twitch channel can be monitored and the streamer does not have to authorise anything. Streamers clipping themselves and clippers covering someone else use the same product.

Does klypra work on YouTube or Kick?

No. Detection reads Twitch chat in real time, so Twitch is the only supported source. There is no upload field and no VOD import.

How fast does a clip arrive?

Clips are cut during the broadcast and usually reach the dashboard and Telegram within a few minutes of the moment happening. The detector needs roughly 100 seconds after start to measure the channel’s normal chat pace before it can flag anything.

What happens when I hit a limit?

Monitoring stops and cannot be restarted until the limit lifts. Monitoring time resets at midnight UTC, a daily clip slot frees exactly 24 hours after the clip that used it, and the monthly count resets on the 1st.

Why does klypra find nothing on some channels?

Detection needs chat traffic. On a quiet channel, or on a 24/7 rerun that replays old broadcasts to an empty chat, there is no spike to measure and no setting changes that.

Who can see my clips?

Clips live in your own dashboard and, if you connect Telegram, in a bot you create yourself, so they go to your private chat rather than through a shared klypra account. A clip is only public if you share its link.