Chat Lite

Lightweight Social Stream Ninja activity overlay integrated into VDO.Ninja

Social Stream Ninja Lite is a lightweight social activity overlay UI that can run standalone or embedded inside VDO.Ninja.

Current provider cards include YouTube, Twitch, Kick, and Social Stream WebSocket relay mode.

In plain terms: it lets VDO.Ninja show live chat messages from supported services inside the app, so you can keep chat on screen without opening a separate dashboard.

Sources

Social Stream Ninja Lite can ingest from native provider cards (YouTube/Twitch/Kick) or from the Social Stream WebSocket relay source:

• wss://io.socialstream.ninja with a matching session ID

This relay mode can carry additional platform events through the same activity feed workflow.

Links

• App: https://vdo.ninja/chat-lite/

• Activity/embed mode example: https://vdo.ninja/chat-lite/index.html?view=activity&embed=1&session=demo

VDO.Ninja integration

You can enable Social Stream Ninja Lite integration in VDO.Ninja using URL parameters like:

• &chatlite=1

• &chatlitebutton=1

• &chatlitesession=YOURSESSION

• &chatlitetts=all

• &chatlitetts=donations

See the full parameter reference:

&chatlite

What it is good for

• Showing YouTube, Twitch, Kick, or SSN-fed activity directly inside a VDO.Ninja page

• Opening a local pop-out/activity view from the same browser profile

• Keeping chat visible for the director or host without needing the full Social Stream app

• Basic native browser TTS for incoming text messages, or donation/member-style events only

Current limitations

• The built-in activity overlay is primarily a local browser feature. The copied overlay link is best treated as a same-browser pop-out, not a standalone OBS/browser-source overlay for another machine or browser profile.

• If you need a standalone overlay fed by Social Stream WebSockets, use the Social Stream theme overlays instead.

• Windows opened from the same VDO.Ninja page stay paired together. Standalone Chat Lite pages opened manually still use the default browser-level session behavior.

• This is not a full Social Stream Ninja replacement. Extension-only capture behavior, advanced TTS providers, and full emote-provider support should still use Social Stream Ninja directly.

• Incoming HTML is sanitized before display and before TTS text is built. Executable markup, JavaScript URLs, event handlers, style blocks, and iframe content are removed.

Control-strip behavior

When enabled inside VDO.Ninja:

• Normal click toggles the Social Stream Ninja Lite activity overlay

• SHIFT + click opens Social Stream Ninja Lite setup

• ALT / CTRL + click toggles native browser TTS

The activity/embed view is intended as display-only output, so overlays do not auto-connect providers in the background.

TTS notes

Native TTS uses the browser/system speechSynthesis voices. This can work on Android, iOS, and desktop browsers, but some browsers require a user gesture before speech can start. OBS Browser Source may not capture native system TTS audio; use the main Social Stream Ninja app if you need a richer OBS-focused TTS pipeline.

Related

Social Stream Ninja