On-screen alerts

On-screen alerts are overlays that pop up on your stream when someone follows, subscribes, gifts subs, sends KICKs or raids your channel. KickBot has official alert widgets for each of these in the Widget library. You install one, change its text, image and sound, and add its link to OBS (or Streamlabs Desktop, Meld and other streaming software) as a browser source.

For alerts as a message in your Kick chat instead, see chat alerts. You can use both at the same time. For tip alerts, see tip alerts.

Alert widgets by KickBot

All of these are made by KickBot, with a check mark in the library. Install the ones you need.

Widget	Shows	Size in OBS
Follower Alert	New follows	800 × 600
Sub Alert	New subs and resubs	800 × 600
Gifted Sub Alert	Gifted subs	800 × 600
KICKs Alert	KICKs	800 × 600
Raid Alert	Raids on your stream	800 × 600
All-In-One Notification	Subs, gifted subs, follows and raids in one small popup	480 × 56
Follower Notification, Sub Notification, Sub Gift Notification, Raid Notification	One event each, as a small popup	480 × 56

The Alert widgets are large: an image or GIF with text under it, a sound and an animation. The Notification widgets are a small bar with an icon, for a corner of your screen.

Search the library for alert to see the alert widgets.

Add an alert to your stream

1. Open the Widget library and search for alert.
2. Click the widget, for example Follower Alert.
3. Click Install widget. KickBot adds your own copy to Saved widgets.
4. Open Saved widgets and click the widget to open its settings.
5. Change the text, image and sound if you want, and click Save.
6. Under Browser source URL, click Copy URL.
7. In OBS, add a Browser source, paste the URL and set the width and height shown (800 and 600 for the large alerts).

For step-by-step help with step 7, see add a browser source in OBS. More about installing widgets is on the widget library page.

Install widget adds your own copy with a private link for OBS.

Caution

Anyone with the browser source URL can show your alerts. Keep it private and do not show it on stream.

Alert settings

The large alert widgets (Follower, Sub, Gifted Sub, KICKs and Raid Alert) share these settings. The defaults are from the Follower Alert.

Setting	What it does	Default
Widget name	The name in your Saved widgets list.	The widget name
Text	The text on screen. Use the variables listed under the setting.	Thanks for the follow {username}!
Image/Gif	The picture above the text. Upload a file or paste a link.	A pixel heart GIF
Video	A video to show instead of a picture.	Empty
Audio	The sound that plays with the alert.	Empty
Repeat Audio	Plays the sound again while the alert is on screen.	Off
Text Color	Color of the text.	#ffffff
Highlight Color	Color of the variables, like the viewer’s name.	#6ce663
Font Size	Size of the text.	36
Duration	How long the alert stays on screen.	5
Queue Delay	The pause before the next alert, when several come in at once.	1
Layout	Text Below, Text Above, Text Centered, Only Text or Only Image.	Text Below
Animation	Fade, Spin, Zoom or None.	Fade
Animation Duration	Speed of the animation. Lower is faster.	1

Changes show in the preview at once. Save to update the alert in OBS.

Text variables

Widget	Variables in Text
Follower Alert	{username}
Sub Alert	{username}, {months}
Gifted Sub Alert	{username}, {amount} (number of subs)
KICKs Alert	{username}, {amount} (number of KICKs)
Raid Alert	{username} (the raiding channel), {viewers} (number of viewers in the raid)

The alert widgets use one curly bracket, like {username}. Chat alerts use two, like {{username}}.

Minimum and maximum for gifts, KICKs and raids

Gifted Sub Alert has Minimum Subs and Maximum Subs. KICKs Alert has Minimum KICKs and Maximum KICKs. Raid Alert has Minimum Viewers and Maximum Viewers. The alert shows only for events in that range. An empty field means no limit.

Use this for alert tiers. For example, install the KICKs Alert twice (or use Duplicate in Saved widgets). Set one to 1 to 99 KICKs with a small GIF, and the other to 100 KICKs and more with a big video and sound. Add both to OBS.

All-In-One Notification settings

The All-In-One Notification has different settings: Popup Time (how long each popup shows), Queue Popup Delay, Queue Processing Delay, Transition Direction (Top, Bottom, Left or Right), Transition Type (Glide or Fade), Transition Duration, Icon Background Color, Icon Color, Widget Background Color and Text Color.

Test an alert

Open the widget in Saved widgets. Under Test events, click the event, for example Follow. The alert plays in the Preview at the top of the panel.

Test events show only in this preview. They do not go to OBS, so your viewers do not see them.

The test alert shows in the preview only. The URL for OBS is below.

Troubleshooting

• Nothing shows in OBS. Check that you copied the URL of this widget, and that the browser source size matches the size shown in the widget (for example 800 × 600). In OBS, open the browser source properties and click Refresh cache of current page.
• Changes do not show in OBS. Click Save in the widget settings. The widget in OBS reloads after you save.
• No sound. Add a file in Audio. In OBS, check that the browser source is not muted. If the sound goes to the wrong output, turn on Control audio via OBS in the browser source properties.
• A gift or raid does not show. Check Minimum and Maximum on Gifted Sub Alert, KICKs Alert and Raid Alert.
• The preview works but real alerts do not. Check that your Kick channel is still connected in account settings.

FAQ

How do I get alerts on Kick?

Kick alerts on stream come from an overlay in your streaming software. With KickBot, install an alert widget like Follower Alert from the Widget library, copy its URL and add it to OBS as a browser source. For the full process with any tool, see the guide Kick alerts in OBS.

Are KickBot alerts free?

Yes. The official alert widgets are free to install and use.

Can I use my own GIF and sound?

Yes. In the alert settings, upload a file or paste a link in Image/Gif, Video and Audio.

Do on-screen alerts work with Streamlabs Desktop or Meld?

Yes. Any streaming software that has a browser source works. Paste the same URL there.