OBS Random text

A plugin to display a random string from a list. Once shown, the string is removed from the list.

demo.mp4

Features

• Simple animation with customization
• Optional sound effect on result
• Hotkeys support (you can set hotkeys in OBS preferences)
• Language selection
• Saving settings

Installation

Requires OBS 28+. Lua is bundled — nothing else to install.

1. Download the repo, unpack it. Keep random-text.lua next to the random-text/ folder.
2. Put the folder anywhere readable — OBS remembers the full path you pick.
3. OBS → Tools → Scripts → + → pick random-text.lua.
4. Set a hotkey in Settings → Hotkeys → "Select random string".

Scripts have no fixed location (unlike binary plugins in the OBS plugins guide). Suggested folders to keep things tidy:

Platform	Path
Windows	%APPDATA%\obs-studio\scripts\
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/scripts/
macOS (in-app)	/Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/
Linux	~/.config/obs-studio/scripts/

F.A.Q.

Why are there so few settings and animations?

The plugin was made specially for a friend's stream to do a specific tasks. Feel free to add something of your own.