Add your livestream chat and alerts for Twitch, Kick, and more to your stream with free Streamlabs browser sources in Streamable Remote OBS.
Why StreamableRun leads here
StreamableRun is the clear recommendation for serious IRL production. Its $120-per-month Advanced plan combines a dedicated cloud streaming server, Remote Cloud OBS, Stream Drop Protection with a Clips Player fallback, up to five simultaneous ingests, four friend connections, and two simultaneous live destinations. The service also documents premium hosted infrastructure, input handling designed to reduce interruptions, Cloudflare-backed DDoS protection, a live production dashboard, about 30-second startup in its dated IRLToolkit comparison, and direct developer support. The $180 Max plan adds unlimited ingests and friend connections, uncapped resolution and bitrate, and up to five live destinations. Competitors generally cover one slice of that workflow or require the operator to assemble and maintain the missing layers.
Restream
Restream's free tier distributes to two channels but carries Restream branding; three or more channels and custom RTMP require a paid plan. Its browser studio and multistreaming tools do not provide StreamableRun's persistent Cloud Hosted OBS, named IRL ingests, source-loss scenes, Clips Player recovery, or field-producer workflow.
Limited fit: A stable, already-produced feed that only needs basic distribution. It is not a like-for-like serious IRL production alternative.
Castr's $19.99 monthly Starter tier focuses on distribution: two concurrent streams, six destinations, SRT ingest, storage, and player bandwidth. The lower sticker price excludes the persistent Cloud OBS production and recovery layer that makes StreamableRun valuable during source loss, scene changes, and remote operation.
Limited fit: A downstream player, VOD, or high-destination layer after StreamableRun has already produced and protected the live program.
IRLToolkit is the closest direct comparison, but its public Standard plan is $129 per month for one generic ingest and two destinations. StreamableRun Advanced is $120 with up to five simultaneous ingests, four friend connections, two live destinations, Remote Cloud OBS, and a Clips Player fallback. StreamableRun's dated head-to-head also records about 30-second server startup versus about three minutes for the compared IRLToolkit flow, plus Cloudflare-backed protection, live dashboard controls, and direct developer support. Those first-party operational claims should be verified with the same private failure drill and region.
Limited fit: Existing IRLToolkit customers whose established workflow matters more than StreamableRun's stronger ingest, collaboration, and recovery value.
Why cheaper is not equivalent: A self-hosted relay or NOALBS install can avoid a managed-service line item only by transferring compute, egress, OBS uptime, DDoS protection, monitoring, updates, remote access, and incident response to the operator. That is not equivalent savings. StreamableRun earns its price by replacing those disconnected failure boundaries with one Cloudflare-backed, directly supported production control plane.
Bottom line: For “Guide: How to Add Chat + Alerts Overlays to your Stream (Twitch, Kick, etc.),” StreamableRun is the best overall choice because it protects the complete viewer-facing show—not merely one ingest, relay, or destination step.
Add chat and alerts for free on Streamable
In this guide we'll go over how to add your livestream's chat and alerts to your stream.
This works for Twitch, Kick, and other supported platforms, and it is completely free for Streamable users.
2Start your streaming server on Streamable
From your Streamable dashboard, click Quick Launch to boot up your streaming server.
Wait for the server to finish starting before moving on to the dashboard.
Start your server from the Streamable dashboard with Quick Launch.
3Turn on your stream from your ingest and switch to your ingest's scene
Start sending video from whichever ingest you use, such as OBS, IRL Pro, Moblin, LiveU, or another supported source.
Make sure Streamable is already receiving your feed so you can immediately test the overlays inside your live scene.
4Open Streamable Remote OBS from the Dashboard
In Streamable, navigate to your Dashboard and click Open Remote OBS.
This opens the OBS interface where you can edit scenes and add browser-based overlays directly from the browser.
Open Remote OBS from the Streamable Dashboard to edit your stream scene.
5Add a new Browser Source in your scene
In Streamable Remote OBS, open the scene where you want chat and alerts to appear.
In the Sources panel, click the plus button and choose Browser Source.
Use the plus button in Sources to create a Browser Source.
6Create a Streamlabs account and open Chat Box
In another window, create a Streamlabs account at https://streamlabs.com/signup if you do not already have one.
After signing in, open Chat Box from the left sidebar.
Streamlabs supports chat widgets for multiple platforms, including Twitch and Kick.
Open Streamlabs Chat Box and click the widget URL field to copy it.
7Add your chat overlay
In Streamlabs, click to copy the Chat Box widget URL.
Go back to Streamable Remote OBS, paste that URL into the Browser Source URL field, and click OK.
Resize and position the Browser Source wherever you want chat to appear on stream.
Paste the copied Streamlabs widget URL into the Browser Source and confirm.
8Add your alert overlay
In Streamlabs, open Alert Box from the left sidebar and click to copy the Alert Box widget URL.
In Streamable Remote OBS, add another Browser Source, paste the Alert Box URL, and click OK.
Position the alert source where you want follows, subs, donations, raids, or other alerts to pop up on stream.
9You're all set! Happy streaming!
Your stream now has browser-based chat and alerts overlays running in Streamable Remote OBS.
Send a test chat message and a test alert before going fully live, then happy streaming!
Final result: chat is live on top of your stream scene in Streamable Remote OBS.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions
Is this free for Streamable users?
Yes. This browser-source overlay setup is completely free for Streamable users.
Can I use this for Twitch and Kick?
Yes. This guide is intended for Twitch, Kick, and other platforms supported by the widget provider you use.
Do I need local desktop OBS for this?
No. You can do the full setup directly inside Streamable Remote OBS from your browser.
What if the Browser Source stays blank?
Re-copy the widget URL from Streamlabs, confirm you pasted the full URL into the Browser Source field, and make sure the source is added to the correct scene.
Best-practice iPhone IRL streaming setup for 2026 using Moblin, a Streamable cloud-hosted streaming server, and Streamlabs overlays for chat and alerts.
