The music from your PC, on air.
Twools Buddy is an app for Windows. It reads the track your PC is playing and, if you turn it on, the rank and matches of your Valorant and League of Legends accounts from the clients open on your PC, then sends them to your Now playing, Valorant and League of Legends widgets. You have no third-party account to link and no API key to create.
Version 0.3.0 · Windows 10 and 11
Install Buddy in three steps
- 01
Download and open
Buddy is a single file, with nothing to install. Double-click it to open it. When you close its window, it stays active near the clock.
- 02
Get past the Windows warning
Windows shows "Windows protected your PC". Click "More info", then "Run anyway".
- 03
Paste your code
In the Twools editor, open your Now playing, Valorant or League of Legends widget, Source section, and click "Generate a connection code". Paste that code into Buddy. For a game, then tick the reading in that game's tab in Buddy, "Valorant" or "League".
Why Windows shows a warning
What Buddy reads, and what it does not do
What it sends
The title, artist, album, duration, playback position, the player's name and the PC's name, plus the cover shown by your player, reduced before sending. If the player provides none, Twools looks it up from the title and the artist. If you turn on Valorant reading, off by default: your Riot ID, region, rank, RR and latest matches, read from the Riot client open on your PC. The same goes for League reading, also off by default: your Riot ID, region, level, ranks, LP and latest matches, read from the League client.
What it does not do
Buddy does not capture your microphone or your screen, does not browse your files and does not control your player. It never sees your Riot password, does not read the game's memory and sends nothing about other players. It reads the information Windows and the Riot and League clients expose, and keeps its pairing with Twools encrypted on your PC.
Which players
Buddy reads the players that publish their track to Windows. Spotify has been tested. Other players may work, with more or less complete information depending on what each one publishes.
Several PCs
You can connect several machines. The last one connected takes over, and you can cut the others from the editor or the Control Room.
The widgets fed by Twools Buddy
Windows only, for now
Frequently asked questions about Twools Buddy
Is Twools Buddy a paid app?
The Now playing widget is included in Twools Pro. The Valorant rank widget is included in the free plan. The LoL rank widget is included in the free plan. Twools Buddy itself costs nothing to download.
Does Buddy start with Windows?
Only if you tick the option in Buddy. It is unticked by default and does not require administrator rights.
How do I update Twools Buddy?
Buddy tells you when a newer version exists. Download it from this page and replace the old file: your pairing with Twools is kept.