Quick start

Set up Fishrift for your first stream in about ten minutes. Each step links to the full guide.

#1. Connect your platforms

Sign in at fishrift.com with Twitch. Then open Account and connect Kick, YouTube and Ko-fi if you use them. Fishrift combines everything into one activity feed, one chat and one set of alerts.

#2. Make your first overlay

1. Open Overlays and press Create overlay.
2. Give it a name and pick the size of your stream, for example 1920 × 1080.
3. In the editor, press Add rift and add an Alert Box. It comes with eight ready-made alerts for follows, subs, resubs, gift subs, cheers, raids, donations and hype trains.
4. Press OBS URL and then Copy.

Read more in Overlays.

#3. Add it to OBS

1. In OBS, add a Browser Source.
2. Paste the URL and set the width and height to the size of your overlay.
3. Press OK. Your overlay is live.

#4. Test an alert

Press EMULATE in the editor, pick an alert, fill in a test name and press Fire Test Alert. Turn on Send to OBS too to see it in OBS. See Alerts.

#5. Turn on the chatbot

Open Bot and switch the bot on. Built-in commands like !uptime, !followage and !socials work right away. Add your own commands with variables like {user} and {count deaths}.

#6. Open the chat dock

Add https://fishrift.com/chat-dock to OBS as a custom browser dock (Docks menu, Custom Browser Docks). You get your Twitch, Kick and YouTube chat in one place, with quick actions and alert queue controls. See Chat and docks.

#Where to next

• Commands and variables for the chatbot
• Subathon timer for subathons
• OBS Actions to switch scenes from events
• Stream Deck to control Fishrift from your Stream Deck