How to Set Up Streamlabs Alerts in OBS (Easy Step-by-Step Guide)
Want to add custom stream alerts to OBS using Streamlabs? Whether you're on Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook Gaming, setting up alerts in OBS helps keep your audience engaged with real-time notifications for followers, subs, donations, raids, and more.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the quickest and easiest way to integrate Streamlabs alerts into OBS—no coding required. Follow along with our step-by-step visual guide to ensure your alerts work perfectly in your live stream.
Why Use Custom Alerts in OBS?
✔ Boost engagement – Alerts encourage viewers to interact with your stream.
✔ Personalize your brand – Make your stream stand out with unique animations.
✔ Easy setup – Streamlabs makes it simple to add and manage alerts in OBS.
Ready to get started? Follow the guide below to set up custom alerts in OBS with Streamlabs!
Prerequisites:
- This video / tutorial assumes that you already know how to stream using OBS
- You have created an account with Streamlabs
Steps:
From the Streamlabs dashboard click Alert Box from the left menu
Our first step will be adding the alert box to OBS. We need to copy the Widget URL
- Click where it says either Copy or Click To Copy Widget URL
Now that we have the Widget URL stored in our clipboard we need to head over to OBS and add a browser source.
- Click the '+' then Browser
- Paste the Widget URL that we previously copied
- Change Width to 1920
- Change Height to 1080
- Click OK
Great! Now lets head back over to Streamlabs
- Now when you click any of the 'Test' buttons on the Streamlabs dashboard you should see the alerts in OBS
*This is good to check. If you do not see anything in OBS you have done something wrong 
Now lets make sure the text is on top of our full screen alerts
- In the Layout section make sure the Text Over Image icon is selected
Now we need to select the alert type we want to change. For this example we will set up Bits
- Click Bits
Set the Layout to Text Over Image
Where it says Image we need to change the file
- Click the Select Image icon and choose the .webm or .gif stream alert from your computer
Click Save Settings
That's it! Now when you click Test Bits you should see your alerts in OBS.
Enjoy!
