IGOverlay – Live Comments Overlay for Instagram

Show your Instagram Live comments as an animated overlay in OBS, Streamlabs or any streaming app. Free.

IGOverlay puts your Instagram Live comments on stream as a clean, animated overlay, ready for any streaming app that supports a browser source. Completely free. Every feature unlocked, no watermark. HOW IT WORKS Install the extension and sign in (free account), and you get a personal overlay URL. Go live on instagram.com in Chrome. An "⏺ Overlay" button appears in the Live controls. Press it to start capturing comments, then click "Copy URL". In your Streaming App, add a Browser Source, paste the URL, and enable a transparent background. New comments now animate onto your stream in real time. FEATURES • Animated comment cards with usernames and avatars • Dashboard with live capture status, comment counter and one-click overlay URL • Step-by-step setup guide with pictures, right inside the extension • Overlay Studio: 6 ready-made looks, colour palettes, 8 fonts, card shape, glow, blur and more • Motion controls: 9 entrance and 7 exit animations, speed, bounce, typewriter text and idle effects • Show one comment at a time or a rolling chat stack • Optional text-to-speech that reads comments aloud • Light and dark mode • Real-time: style changes apply to open overlays instantly • One permanent overlay URL per account, so set it up once and reuse it every stream • Optional webhook: POST each comment as JSON to your own server or bot • Works with any streaming software that has a browser source PRIVACY • Runs only on instagram.com, and only captures comments while you have pressed Overlay on your own Live. Press Stop and it stops. • Never asks for or stores your Instagram password. • Captured comments are relayed only to power your overlay and are deleted automatically. • No ads, no tracking, no selling data. Customise your overlay at https://igoverlay.nmnvisuals.com/config IGOverlay is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc. Instagram is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. What's new in 1.3.0 New side panel on instagram.com: click the IGOverlay toolbar icon, or the IGOVERLAY tab on the right edge of the page Step-by-step walkthrough that highlights each Instagram button (Create, Live video, Next, Go live, Start Overlay) and advances as each step is completed Prev / Next to review steps; the OBS setup step can be skipped. Highlights can be hidden with the × or a switch Live controls in the panel: Start/Stop Overlay, Live status, comments sent, copy OBS URL, open the customizer Explains a greyed-out Go live (Instagram enables it once it receives video from OBS) Instant setup support: DM @officialnmn on Instagram (linked in the panel, dashboard and sign-in screen), or email officialnmn@gmail.com Requires Chrome 116 or later What's new in 1.1.2 Fixed account sign-up from the extension Signing in with an email that has no account now says so, with a one-click switch to create one Opens a "What's new" page (igoverlay.nmnvisuals.com/updates) after each update Requires supabase-account-check.sql applied for the "no account" message (falls back to "Incorrect password" without it) What's new in 1.1.1 Optional, anonymous usage analytics and session replays of the extension dashboard (PostHog) to help fix bugs; typed text is masked, nothing is recorded on instagram.com New Privacy setting to turn analytics off at any time