Run it your way
On your PC, however you set it up.
Use CroStream in its own window, open it from a browser on your laptop, leave it running on a PC with no screen, or split it across a gaming PC and a streaming PC.
Free Supporter The browser, the screenless PC and demo mode are free. Two PCs is Supporter, in beta.
Dashboard
Streaming PC
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Live , 184 viewers OBS connected
Gaming PC Beta
- Steam
- Discord
- Hotkeys
On your streaming PC
A normal app that stays out of your way.
CroStream lives in your system tray while you stream. Hover the icon to see whether you are live and how many people are watching.
- The desktop app is the main way to run CroStream, next to OBS on your streaming PC.
- Close the window and it keeps running in the tray, so chat commands, redemptions and alerts keep working.
- Have it start when you log in to your PC, with its window hidden.
- It checks for updates, tells you, and installs only when you say so. Do it between streams.
Dashboard
haliebug13
Live , 184 viewers
You're live
184 viewers watching
Settings → Desktop app
From a browser
Your whole stream, on the laptop across the room.
Start CroStream without its window and open it from any browser on your home network. Triggers, macros, overlays, the media library, viewers and history all work the same.
Keep the streaming PC busy with the game and OBS, and run the show from a laptop, a tablet or a phone.
Laptop Tablet Phone Same Wi-Fi
There is no login
Anyone on your network can use it, so only turn it on at home or on a network you trust. Twitch logins from another device take one extra step, which the docs walk through.
Controls
haliebug13 · opened from the laptop
Live , 184 viewers OBS connected
Scenes
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A PC with no screen
A mini PC under the desk that just keeps running.
Put CroStream on a home server or a spare PC, let it start by itself, and control it from a browser on your laptop. No monitor needed.
Start it without a window
CroStream runs in the background and shows its dashboard to browsers on your network.Log in to Twitch
Once, from the laptop. A small helper called crostreamctl can do it from the command line too.Connect OBS
OBS can be on the same machine or another one.Let it start by itself
Set it up as a service so it comes back after every restart.
Mini PC under the deskNo screen attached
- CroStreamRunning, started by itself
- TwitchLogged in as haliebug13
- OBSConnected
- TriggersListening
Two PCs
Game on one PC, stream from the other.
CroStream Companion is the same app, set to companion mode on your gaming PC. Pair it with your streaming PC using a six-digit code, then pick what runs where.
- Your triggers and macros don't change. A Game started trigger works wherever Steam runs.
- The connection is encrypted, and the code is only used for pairing.
- Both PCs on the same network. Windows is the tested setup.
Pair a gaming PC
Enter this code on the gaming PC. It works for 5 minutes.
6 digits
Gaming PC paired
Settings → Companion
- SteamSees your games, launches them, takes screenshots
- DiscordSets your activity and status
- HotkeysNotices keys you press while gaming
- Screen flashShows on the gaming PC monitor
- SoundsPlay from the gaming PC speakers
Demo mode
A pretend channel to try everything on.
A brand-new channel has no chat, no followers and no history, so it is hard to tell whether an alert works. Demo mode gives CroStream a whole made-up Twitch channel to run on.
Turn it on in Settings, or from the Explore with demo data button on any page with nothing to show. Turn it on while you are offline, since your overlays will show the demo alerts.
Runs for real
- Overlays, alerts and widgets react to it
- Triggers and macros fire on the made-up events
- OBS scene changes happen for real
Simulated
- Chat, follows, subs and raids are made up
- Nothing is sent to Twitch
- Starting or stopping your real stream is skipped
Your data
It is all files on your PC, so it is yours to keep.
However you run CroStream, your setup lives on the computer running it. Back it up, move it, or hand a macro to a friend.
- Files on your computerSettings, triggers, macros, overlays, viewers, history and media sit in one folder. There is no CroStream cloud holding them.
- A backup before every changeIt keeps the newest 20 copies, plus one per day for two weeks. Restore any of them in two clicks.
- Logins stay outPasswords and your Twitch login are kept apart, and are never in a backup or an export.
- Share and moveExport macros and triggers to a file for a friend, or copy the folder to move to a new PC.
Settings → Backups
- Today, 8:52 PM Latest14 macros, 21 triggers, 2 queues
- Today, 6:10 PM14 macros, 20 triggers, 2 queues
- Yesterday, 11:30 PM13 macros, 20 triggers, 2 queues
- Mon, 9:05 PM12 macros, 18 triggers, 1 queue
Everything is in your config folder, on the computer running CroStream.
Try it
Pick a setup and start there.
Each one is a short guide with the exact buttons to press.
- Easiest: Turn on demo mode Build overlays and macros on a made-up channel before you have an audience.
- Tutorial: Back up and move your setup Copy everything to a new PC, or share only your macros and triggers.
- Guide: Open it from a browser Run CroStream without a window and use it from another device.
- Beta: Pair a gaming PC Set up CroStream Companion on the PC you play on.
Keep exploring
More of what CroStream does.
- Triggers and macros When something happens on your channel, run the steps you chose: chat commands, rewards, raids, follows and more.
- OBS and Twitch actions Nearly a hundred things a macro can do: switch scenes, save the replay, clip, poll, shout out, moderate.
- Building blocks Variables, counters, timers, lists, goals, cooldowns and schedules that macros read and change.
- Overlays, alerts and widgets Layered scenes for OBS with alerts, chat, goal bars and widgets from the gallery.
- Viewers and points A record for every viewer, a points balance your macros control, and leaderboards.
- History and dashboard Your stream at a glance while live, and every follow, sub, cheer and raid remembered after.
- Media library The sounds, pictures, videos and fonts you stream with, in one place for every overlay and macro.
- Hotkeys and pop-outs Run macros from any app with a key combination, and keep controls and chat in their own windows.
- Moments Your best bits, caught automatically and marked on Twitch while you play.
- Integrations Twitch and OBS, plus VTube Studio, Discord and Steam for Supporters.