VNyan vs VTube Studio

VNyan is a free Windows application for creating 3D VTuber animations, stages, tracking setups, and stream interactions. Its Node Graph interface lets users build actions ranging from chat responses to more complex events. It supports VRM, VRM 1.0, and VSFAvatar models, with 2D and 3D avatar workflows and VRM import. Tracking includes SteamVR full body, webcam ARKit face tracking, iPhone trackers, LeapMotion hands, and incoming VMC protocol. Integrations include Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Chaturbate, Fansly, Joystick.tv, and Pulsoid. VNyan supports Spout2 and NDI capture and accepts WebSocket commands from tools such as Stream Deck and Streamer.bot. Effects include audio lip sync, frequency and volume detection, AudioLink shaders, liquid and pendulum physics, and post processing. VNyanNet enables collaboration, while the SDK supports custom plugins, items, props, and worlds. Optional NSFW integrations, including Lovense support, can be hidden. The listed download is VNyan 1.7.2e, with the SDK also available.

VTube Studio is an app for Virtual YouTubers to animate Live2D models. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, with face tracking through a webcam or iPhone, including eye tracking and winking. Webcam-based hand and gesture tracking can activate expressions and animations. Scene controls include hotkeys, microphone lip sync, animated PNG props, and visual post-processing effects. Users can attach images, animations, and customizable Live2D props to a model, with tracking and hotkeys available for control. Twitch integration lets viewers trigger hotkeys through emotes, redeems, subscriptions, and chat commands. Developers can use the VTube Studio API to make plugins that control models or trigger animations and expressions. VNet lets Steam friends collaborate on Windows and macOS, with up to six people per session; it requires launching through Steam and the separate $19.99 VNet DLC. The free Steam app shows a webcam-tracking watermark; removing it costs $14.99 once. iOS requires Face ID or an Apple A12 or newer chip, and Android requires Google ARCore support.