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Installation
Installation is very easy. Sigmanuts is a .NET Core 3.1 app, and so requires the .NET Core 3.1 SDK unless you are downloading the standalone version of the app. Sigmanuts also uses WebView2 for most of its interface, and so requires those runtimes (they come preinstalled on latest versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11).
This app should be running during your streams.
There are multiple ways you can run this app.
System requirements:
Windows 11
- .NET Core 3.1 SDK (Download from here)
Windows 10
Windows 11
- No requirements
Windows 10
- WebView2 Runtime (Download from here)
After you downloaded all the required runtimes, just run the app. On BETA, Windows Defender may complain, but it's okay, there are no viruses here.
Short answer: Technically, kind of yes. But also... maybe.
Long answer: It's complicated. There's a clause in YouTube's terms of service that explicitly prohibits any unauthorized bot activity on their website, including scraping. The unfortunate reality is that the way we can make this app work so well is by injecting a script into a YouTube chat that reads the incoming messages and let's you do all sorts of cool things with them.
In a broader sense, what we are doing is scraping, yes. At the same time, we do not think it is harmful, as it doesn't do any API requests, and loads only once when the user loads the chat. The initial load is handled by the user, so this script is no different from a browser extension one can run for YouTube. We believe that if YouTube allows extensions that inject scripts and styles into YouTube page, this should also be fine, even if both are technically against their terms of service.
Regardless of what you read here, you should decide for yourself whether you want to use the app. We have provided you with the information, and as such are not responsible for what you ultimately decide to do with this app.