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Quick start

From nothing to your first live in about 15 minutes. You will install creekX, make a stream, go live, and send someone a link to watch.

What you need

  • A place to run creekX. Either your own computer (to try it), or a server running Ubuntu 24.04 (for real use).
  • Something to stream from. The free app OBS Studio on a computer is the easiest.

Step by step

  1. Install creekX

    On your own computer: follow Try it on your computer. On a server: connect to it and paste this one line: 

    curl -fsSL https://creekx.io/get.sh | sudo bash

    It asks for your email, a domain (press Enter to skip) and a password. When it finishes, it prints the address to open. Your 14-day free trial starts now.

  2. Sign in

    Open the address in your browser and sign in with the email and password you just chose. You land on Home.

  3. Make a stream

    Choose Streams, then New stream. Give it a name, for example "Sunday service" or "Weekly show". A stream is one place to send video to; you can use it again and again.

  4. Connect OBS

    On the stream, open Go live and choose Show key. In OBS, open Settings → Stream, choose Service Custom, and paste the Server and the Stream key from creekX.

  5. Go live

    In OBS, press Start Streaming. In creekX the stream turns red within a few seconds: you are live. You see the picture on the stream's page.

  6. Let people watch

    On the stream, under Let people watch, turn the watch link on and choose Copy link. Send it to anyone: it opens in any browser, no account needed. A QR code is there too, for a phone.

  7. Stop

    Press Stop Streaming in OBS. The live is saved as a video in Videos, ready to share again or play on a 24/7 channel.

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