OBS multichat, without leaving OBS

Keep every connected platform's chat onscreen inside OBS or Streamlabs — no second monitor, no alt-tabbing. StreamBuddy gives you a private dock for reading and replying, and a separate display-only overlay for your stream output. It never touches your video or audio; it only handles chat.

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Two surfaces, two jobs

The dock — for you

Add it as a custom browser dock in the OBS or Streamlabs editor, not as a source on your scene. It's private and authenticated, shows every connected chat, and lets you reply where StreamBuddy supports sending. It never appears on your broadcast.

The overlay — for stream

Add it as a Browser Source on your scene. It's public, transparent by default, and display-only — safe to put in front of your audience because it cannot reply or moderate on your behalf.

Setting it up

Both links live in StreamBuddy under Settings → Live → Stream overlay. Copy the dock link into OBS or Streamlabs as a custom browser dock, and copy the overlay link in separately as a Browser Source on your scene.

Before you go live, open the overlay link with a preview mode enabled to see exactly what will render — it shows a checkerboard pattern standing in for transparency, with an onscreen note confirming it's a preview, so you can check your styling without guessing how it will look on stream.

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VIEWER SUMMARY

Last talked about: Handles raid welcomes, mod queue, and challenge vote reminders every stream.

Returning Viewer

:Back from night shift. Did the close-up cam fix the solder joints from last week?

VIP:That cable management reveal is getting clipped. The before and after is ridiculous.

VIEWER SUMMARY

Last talked about: Clips every reveal moment and timestamps highlights before anyone else.

First Time Chat

:First time catching this live. Found you from the keyboard mod short and stayed for the chaos.

subscriberM:Twelve months subbed and still here for every "five minute fix" that becomes a whole segment.

Regular

:Chat memory calling me a regular last stream was painfully accurate.

:Usually lurking while I edit, but those orange keycaps absolutely saved the board.

Built-in safety checks

Token-scoped, not account-wide
Each link carries its own token — not your account password — and only grants access to what that specific surface needs.
Wrong-link detection
Paste the dock link into a Browser Source, or the overlay link into the dock, and StreamBuddy tells you plainly which one you used and where to find the right one — instead of a silent failure.
Rotate anytime
If a link is ever shared by mistake, rotate it from Settings. The old link stops working immediately and a new one takes its place.
Automatic reconnect
If the StreamBuddy server is briefly unreachable, both the dock and the overlay retry with backoff and reconnect automatically once it's back — no manual refresh needed.

What StreamBuddy supports today

Both the dock and the overlay can display chat from every platform you connect — Twitch, YouTube, Kick, TikTok and Rumble. Replying from the dock currently works on Twitch and Kick; YouTube, TikTok and Rumble chat is read-only in StreamBuddy right now, so replying there happens on those platforms directly.

If something looks off

Dock showing a message about the wrong link? You likely pasted the overlay link by mistake — go back to Settings and copy the dock link instead. Overlay showing a moderation panel on stream? Remove that source immediately and replace it with the overlay link, not the dock link.

Overlay stuck on a checkerboard pattern? You're looking at a preview link, which is meant for checking transparency before you go live, not for pasting into your actual scene.

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between the dock and the overlay?: The dock is a private, authenticated panel for you — it shows every connected chat and lets you reply where StreamBuddy supports sending. The overlay is a public browser-source link meant to sit on your stream — it only displays chat, transparently, and cannot reply or moderate.
Can my viewers see or use the dock?: No. The dock is meant to be added as a custom browser dock inside the OBS or Streamlabs editor, not as a source on your scene, so it never appears on stream. It carries a private token that gives full reply access — never paste it into a Browser Source.
Can I reply to chat from the overlay?: No. The overlay is display-only. It shows your combined chat transparently on stream but never sends anything back. To reply, use the dock instead.
Does StreamBuddy restream my video?: No. StreamBuddy never touches your video or audio. Both the dock and the overlay only display chat — you keep using OBS or Streamlabs exactly as you already do for the actual broadcast.
What if I paste the wrong link into the wrong place?: StreamBuddy detects it and tells you plainly which link you used and where the correct one lives, so you can fix it immediately. If either link is ever shared by mistake, you can rotate it from StreamBuddy Settings, which invalidates the old one right away.

Chat on stream, control in the dock

For the mechanics of combining chats specifically, see how multichat works. For the one-workspace, viewer-memory angle, see unified chat. Or if you're specifically running Twitch and YouTube together, see the Twitch + YouTube chat page.