Vortexia gives a coding or study-with-me stream a calm, slowly moving background that stays out of the way of your work. The look on this page is the Julia set, Neural Drift in the dashboard and one of the free engines, drifting on its own even when no music is playing, and moving gently with lo-fi when it is. Lower Audio Sensitivity and it breathes rather than jumps. It is cheap to run: the 2D engines cost about a millisecond per frame at 1080p on a typical graphics card, the free plan renders at 720p, and paid plans can drop to a 480p Low mode. Use it as the backdrop of your layout, behind your camera and around your editor capture, and switch to the Be Right Back scene, with an optional line of your own, when you step away. It does not draw code, text or digital rain.
How to use A Calm Background for Coding Streams
Add it to OBS. Copy your OBS link from the Vortexia dashboard and add it as a Browser Source.
Put it behind your layout. Keep it below your camera and editor capture in the source list.
Calm it down. Lower Audio Sensitivity so it drifts rather than jumps.
Use the break scene. Switch to Be Right Back when you step away.
Specs & output
Engine
Neural Drift
Render Mode
flux
Iteration Depth
70
Default Zoom
1.00
Colour Shift
220°
Output (Free)
720p / 30fps + watermark
Output (Plus)
1080p / 60fps, no watermark
Output (Pro)
4K / 60fps, brand-kit logo overlay
Audio Source
Browser tab audio (FFT, real-time)
Last Updated
2026-09-28
Frequently asked questions
Will it slow down my builds or my IDE?
It is light: the 2D engines take about a millisecond per frame at 1080p. The free plan renders at 720p, and on paid plans Performance Mode can drop to Low, 480p, if your machine is busy.
Does it need music?
No. It keeps drifting on its own. With music playing it moves with the sound; lower Audio Sensitivity for a calmer response.
Does it look like Matrix digital rain?
No. Vortexia generates flowing fractal patterns, not falling characters or code, and its colours sweep round the whole wheel about every 20 seconds.
What about breaks?
Switch to the Be Right Back scene and add a line such as “Grabbing a coffee”. It works on every plan, and so do Starting Soon, with a countdown, and Stream Ending.
Is it free?
Yes. The free plan streams at 720p and 30fps with a small watermark, three engines and Twitch. Plus removes the watermark, renders at 1080p and 60fps, unlocks all eight engines and adds automatic YouTube and Kick events.
About the author
The Vortexia team — Makers of the Vortexia engine.
The Vortexia team builds a browser-based, GPU-accelerated audio-reactive visual engine used by streamers and DJs on Twitch, Kick, YouTube Live and TikTok Live.