Where files live

Stream Chat Summary keeps everything under your Windows local AppData folder. Nothing is uploaded; nothing is stored outside your machine.

The root folder

%LocalAppData%\Stream Chat Summary\

Paste that into File Explorer's address bar to jump there directly. The full path on most systems expands to:

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Stream Chat Summary\

What's inside

Stream Chat Summary\
├── emotes\
│   ├── twitch-global.json
│   ├── bttv-global.json
│   ├── 7tv-global.json
│   ├── ffz-global.json
│   ├── bttv-{channel}.json
│   ├── 7tv-{channel}.json
│   └── ffz-{channel}.json
├── live_logs\
│   ├── {channel}_2024-01-15_19-30-12.txt
│   └── ...
└── logs\
    ├── chat-summary-2024-01-15.log
    └── ...

emotes\

One JSON file per emote source — the list of codes and image URLs for each global or channel set you've loaded. Managed via the Emote Manager; you can delete files here to force a clean re-download on next launch.

Emote images aren't kept on disk. They download as needed while the app is running, then get released when you close it.

live_logs\

Text logs from every live capture session. One file per channel per session, named with the channel and a timestamp.

These are Chatterino-format .txt files, so they reimport cleanly via Import → Log File (Chatterino) if you want to re-analyse with different settings.

logs\

Application error and diagnostic logs, one file per day, e.g. chat-summary-2024-01-15.log. You won't usually need to read these, but they're invaluable when filing a bug report.

Open this folder quickly via Help → Error Logs Folder.

Quick access from the app

The Help menu has two shortcuts:

Resetting the app

If you want a clean slate — emote cache, all live logs, all error logs — delete the Stream Chat Summary folder entirely. The app will recreate it on next launch with the five default global emote sources re-seeded. Any channel-specific sources you'd added will need to be added again.