OverlayCast Blog
Practical guides for putting live chat, alerts and widgets on stream with OBS: how each platform's chat can be read, what the free and paid tools do, and how to set them up. We make OverlayCast, and we say where another tool fits better.
Guides
- Chat overlays for OBS in 2026: an honest comparison (YouTube, Twitch, Kick, TikTok)
StreamElements, Streamlabs, Social Stream Ninja, All-Chat, Meld, ChatIS, KapChat, Restream and TikFinity compared for YouTube, Twitch, Kick and TikTok.
- How to show YouTube live chat in OBS: 3 ways, free and paid
Three ways to show YouTube live chat in OBS: the free pop-out chat URL with custom CSS, Social Stream Ninja on your PC, or a hosted overlay by channel handle.
- TikTok LIVE chat and gifts in OBS: how it works and how to set it up
TikTok has no public LIVE API, so an OBS overlay can read chat and gifts through TikFinity on your PC. How its local WebSocket works and how to set it up.
日本語
- わんコメと一緒に使える配信オーバーレイ：OBSにコメント欄・時計・アラートを出す方法
わんコメ（OneComme）を使うVTuber・配信者向けに、OverlayCastのライブチャットでわんコメのコメントをOBSに出す設定と、時計・アラートの使い方、BOOTHのテンプレートとの違いを解説します。