# Best Twitch moderation bots for small channels with no mods (2026)

Five Twitch bots ranked for a small channel with few or no human moderators: spam filters, disguised links, follow-bot raids and who helps when you're live alone.

## The short answer

|  | Spam filters | Disguised links | Follow-bot raids | AI reading of chat | Help from people you trust |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **1. Bloopbot** | Blacklist, links, caps, symbols, emotes, repetition | Sees through look-alike letters, spelled-out dots and invisible characters | A ready-made flow turns Twitch Shield mode on and off | An optional step you watch first, then let act | Editors with their own sign-in, plus an Audit Log |
| 2. Fossabot | Blocked terms, emote and message-height filters | Look-alike detection | Not covered here | Not covered here | Mod teams with roles and audit logs |
| 3. Nightbot | Blacklist and spam filters | Not covered here | Not covered here | No | Shared access |
| 4. Moobot | Spam and comment filters, subscriber exemptions | Not covered here | Not covered here | No | Shared access |
| 5. Streamlabs Cloudbot | Caps, emotes, paragraphs, links, symbols, profanity | Not covered here | Not covered here | No | Shared access |

"Not covered here" means we didn't find it on the bot's own pages, not that it's missing.

## What a channel with no mods actually needs

1. **Filters that work on their own**, so a link or a wall of caps is gone before you notice it.
2. **Filters that can't be tricked** by `example dot com` or fancy letters.
3. **A plan for raids**, because follow-bot waves arrive in seconds.
4. **Proof the bot can act at all.** A bot that isn't a moderator in your channel can't delete anything.
5. **Someone to call on later**, without giving away your Twitch password.

## 1. Bloopbot: best when you're moderating alone

- **Six filters on one page.** Blacklist, links, caps, symbols, emotes and repetition, each with thresholds, an exempt level and a response: warn, delete or time out.
- **Disguised links get caught.** The link filter and blacklist see through `example . com`, `example(.)com`, look-alike or fancy letters, and invisible characters.
- **Follow-bot raids handled.** The **Follow-bot protection** pack notices 20 or more follows within a minute, checks whether most of the accounts are under a week old, turns on Twitch **Shield mode**, posts a calm announcement and turns it off 10 minutes later. A real rush after a shoutout, mostly older accounts, doesn't set it off. It works on every plan.
- **The bot proves it's a mod.** Setup asks Twitch whether the bot is a moderator. Until it is, Bloopbot pauses the things that need it, so you don't think you're protected when you aren't.
- **AI moderation you can watch first.** An optional flow reads chat for harassment, hate speech, sexual content, scams and a rule you write. Run it in watch-only mode for a stream, read its verdicts in the **Run log**, then let it act. It may not be included on your plan.
- **Help without passwords.** Editors sign in with their own Twitch account, and the **Audit Log** shows who changed what. Editors may not be included on your plan.

**Where it falls short:** No message-height filter and no roles within editors. Twitch only.

## 2. Fossabot: best pure moderation depth

Fossabot's moderation filters are deep, free and trusted by large channels. It has look-alike detection, a message-height filter Bloopbot doesn't have, and role-based mod teams with audit logs.

**Pick it if** moderation is what you need most and you'll add human mods soon, or you stream on YouTube or Kick. [Fossabot vs Bloopbot](https://bloopbot.com/vs/fossabot) compares them row by row.

## 3. Nightbot: best simple spam filter

Nightbot has a blacklist and spam filters that are quick to switch on, and it's long trusted.

**Pick it if** you want basic filters and simple commands, nothing more.

## 4. Moobot: best subscriber exemptions

Moobot's spam and comment filters can exempt subscribers, which keeps your regulars from being caught by a caps filter.

**Pick it if** you mostly need to keep filters off your subscribers' backs.

## 5. Streamlabs Cloudbot: best if you already use Streamlabs

Cloudbot filters caps, emotes, paragraphs, links, symbols and profanity, inside the Streamlabs suite.

**Pick it if** you already stream with Streamlabs Desktop and want everything from one company.

## A ten-minute setup for a channel with no mods

1. Sign in to Bloopbot with Twitch and follow the Setup guide.
2. When Pebble asks you to **Make me a mod**, send the `/mod` command Pebble shows you in your own chat, and wait for the step to tick.
3. On **Moderation**, switch on the link filter and blacklist, and set links to delete with a warning.
4. In **Flows → Add**, add **Follow-bot protection**, read it once and switch it on.
5. Set up Shield mode in Twitch itself, so the flow has something sensible to turn on.

[Moderate your chat](https://bloopbot.com/docs/moderation) covers every filter and option.