Lightweight Social Stream activity overlay integrated into VDO.Ninja
Chat 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.
Chat 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.
Activity/embed mode example: https://vdo.ninja/chat-lite/index.html?view=activity&embed=1&session=demo
You can enable Chat Lite integration in VDO.Ninja using URL parameters like:
&chatlite=1
&chatlitebutton=1
&chatlitesession=YOURSESSION
See the full parameter reference:
&chatliteShowing 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
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.
When enabled inside VDO.Ninja:
Normal click toggles the Chat Lite activity overlay
SHIFT + click opens Chat Lite setup
ALT / CTRL + click toggles TTS mode
The activity/embed view is intended as display-only output, so overlays do not auto-connect providers in the background.
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