How to add donation alerts to OBS

With a few minutes of setup, every bit of support you get on Qahvejo shows on your stream the moment it happens, with sound, animation and the supporter's message. This guide is written for OBS Studio; Streamlabs works almost the same way.

Updated: 2 October 2026

Steps

Sign in to your Qahvejo dashboard and open the live stream alerts section.
Copy your secret alert link. Don't show it to anyone.
In OBS Studio, click + under Sources and choose Browser.
Paste the link into URL. Set the width and height to your scene size (for example 1920×1080).
Tick "Control audio via OBS" so the alert sound shows up in the mixer.
Send a test alert from the dashboard to position it.

Donation goal bar

Create a goal in the dashboard and add the goal bar link (your alert link with ?view=goal) as a separate Browser Source. The bar fills with every donation.

If the alert doesn't show

Make sure the Browser source is visible and not hidden behind another layer.
Right-click the source and choose "Refresh cache of current page".
If you made a new link, put the new one in OBS; the old link no longer works.

Qahvejo at a glance

Cost: signing up and every feature are free. Qahvejo takes 5% of each payment and the card processing fee comes out of the same payment. There are no paid plans and no monthly subscription.
How supporters pay: Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards, or wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay, from most countries in the world. One-off support needs no account.
Who can create a page: any creator aged 18 or over who lives in one of 43 supported countries (such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Australia and the UAE) and has a bank account in their own name.
Payouts: automatic, daily, weekly or monthly, to your own bank account, in US dollars or your country's currency. The money goes straight to your own payment account; Qahvejo never holds it.
Sanctions: residents of Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and comprehensively sanctioned regions cannot create a page or receive money, and payments from inside Iran are not possible.

Common questions

Do the alerts work with Twitch and YouTube?

Yes. The alert shows inside OBS, so it appears on any platform you stream to with OBS, including Twitch, YouTube and Kick.

Do alerts cost anything?

No, they're free. Only the 5% fee per payment and the card processing fee apply.

My alert link leaked. What do I do?

Make a new link in the dashboard. The old one stops working immediately.