【OBS-compatible】Stopwatch Widget

The Stopwatch widget displays elapsed time on your stream through an OBS browser source. Share time spent on challenges, work streams, practice, and record attempts while starting, stopping, and resetting the stopwatch during the broadcast.

Stopwatch Widget for OBS

The Stopwatch widget is an OBS widget for showing elapsed time on your stream. Use it to share how long a challenge has taken, how much time has passed since work started, or how long a segment has been running.

Create the stopwatch in Jamluca, copy the published URL, and paste it into an OBS browser source to display it on stream. You can start, stop, and reset it during the broadcast, so it works well when elapsed time needs to follow the flow of the stream.

Share Elapsed Time with Viewers

Showing a stopwatch on screen helps viewers understand moments where elapsed time matters. You can share work time, challenge time, record attempts, practice time, and other durations directly in the stream layout.

Keeping elapsed time visible makes the stream's progress easier to follow. It is useful for speedruns, work streams, test streams, practice sessions, and other formats where the time spent is part of the content.

Start, Stop, and Reset During the Stream

You can start, stop, and reset the stopwatch as the stream progresses. Start measuring when a challenge begins, pause during an explanation or interruption, and reset it for the next attempt.

Open the controller URL on a phone or another PC to operate the stopwatch even when you are away from the device running OBS. The streamer can control it from a phone, or a teammate can start and stop it from another device as the stream progresses.

Adjust Milliseconds and Visual Design

You can adjust the font, size, text color, background, border, and shadow in the editor. Match it to your stream colors and place it while balancing it with gameplay, camera footage, and other on-screen elements.

Show milliseconds when you want a more precise record. Hide milliseconds when you want a calmer layout or only need viewers to understand the general elapsed time.

Use It in OBS with a Browser Source

Each stopwatch is published as a dedicated URL. Add an OBS browser source and set that URL to display the stopwatch on your stream. You can adjust the size and position in OBS to fit your layout and balance it with other visual elements.

For the step-by-step setup flow, see How to Use Jamluca.

Stream Scenarios for the Stopwatch Widget

Show elapsed time for speedruns or challenges
Share how long a work stream has been running
Show progress during practice, tests, or endurance streams
Make record attempts and timing milestones easier to follow
Display precise timing including milliseconds

If you want to show remaining time, use the Timer widget. Use the Stopwatch widget for elapsed time and the Timer widget for countdowns.

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【OBS-compatible】Counter Widget

【OBS-compatible】Counter Widget

The Counter widget displays a number on your stream through an OBS browser source and lets you change it during the broadcast. Show scores, achievements, failed attempts, votes, and other values with labels, then update them from the controller.