diff --git a/polylan_submitter/polylan_submitter/urls.py b/polylan_submitter/polylan_submitter/urls.py
index 3ee3135..105fcc2 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/polylan_submitter/urls.py
+++ b/polylan_submitter/polylan_submitter/urls.py
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ def place_home(request: HttpRequest, event_path: str):
     return render(request, "app.html")
 
 
+# Deliberately not behind @login_required: this is meant to be dropped into
+# an <iframe> (an OBS browser source, a stream overlay) that can't do the
+# CAS SSO login flow. It's read-only anyway - placing a pixel still requires
+# a logged-in websocket connection (see place/consumers.py) - so the only
+# thing this exposes to anonymous viewers is the live canvas itself, same as
+# watching the non-embed page already allows.
+@require_game_enabled(path="place")
+def place_embed(request: HttpRequest, event_path: str):
+    get_object_or_404(Event, path=event_path)
+    return render(request, "app.html")
+
+
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("cas/login/", SimpleCASLoginView.as_view(), name="cas_ng_login"),
@@ -85,6 +97,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("<slug:event_path>/noita", noita_home, name="noita.home"),
     path("<slug:event_path>/clock", clock_home, name="clock.home"),
     path("<slug:event_path>/place", place_home, name="place.home"),
+    path("<slug:event_path>/place/embed", place_embed, name="place.embed"),
     path(
         "<slug:event_path>/submissions/<slug:game_path>",
         submission_home,
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/App.vue b/polylan_submitter/src/App.vue
index a3a2384..45dd592 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/App.vue
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/App.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted } from "vue";
-import { RouterView } from "vue-router";
+import { computed, onMounted } from "vue";
+import { RouterView, useRoute } from "vue-router";
 import AppHeader from "@/layout/AppHeader.vue";
 import AppFooter from "@/layout/AppFooter.vue";
 import { useUserStore } from "@/stores/user";
 
 const userStore = useUserStore();
+const route = useRoute();
+// Embed routes (e.g. place/embed) are meant to be dropped into an <iframe>
+// as-is - the header/footer chrome would just eat into the fixed space a
+// stream overlay or OBS browser source gives it.
+const isEmbed = computed(() => route.meta.embed === true);
 
 onMounted(() => {
   userStore.loadUserData();
@@ -14,10 +19,10 @@ onMounted(() => {
 
 <template>
   <div class="min-h-screen flex flex-col">
-    <AppHeader />
+    <AppHeader v-if="!isEmbed" />
     <main class="flex-1 flex flex-col">
       <RouterView />
     </main>
-    <AppFooter />
+    <AppFooter v-if="!isEmbed" />
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/PlaceEmbed.vue b/polylan_submitter/src/PlaceEmbed.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff8efe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/PlaceEmbed.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { onMounted, ref } from "vue";
+import { usePlaceSocket } from "@/composables/usePlaceSocket";
+import { PALETTE } from "@/palette";
+
+interface Props {
+  eventPath: string;
+}
+
+const props = defineProps<Props>();
+
+// Read-only: fed straight into an <iframe> elsewhere (a stream overlay, a
+// README, another site), so there's no header, palette, or click handling
+// here - just the live canvas. Reachable without login (see place_embed in
+// urls.py) since an OBS browser source can't do the CAS SSO login flow.
+const canvasRef = ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>(null);
+let ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D | null = null;
+
+function drawPixel(x: number, y: number, colorIndex: number) {
+  if (!ctx) return;
+  ctx.fillStyle = PALETTE[colorIndex];
+  ctx.fillRect(x, y, 1, 1);
+}
+
+const { connected, gridWidth, gridHeight } = usePlaceSocket(props.eventPath, drawPixel);
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  ctx = canvasRef.value?.getContext("2d") ?? null;
+});
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="w-screen h-screen bg-base-200 flex items-center justify-center overflow-hidden">
+    <span class="badge badge-xs absolute top-2 left-2 opacity-70"
+      :class="connected ? 'badge-success' : 'badge-error'" />
+    <canvas ref="canvasRef" :width="gridWidth" :height="gridHeight" :style="{
+      width: 'min(100vw, 100vh)',
+      aspectRatio: `${gridWidth} / ${gridHeight}`,
+      imageRendering: 'pixelated',
+    }" />
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/router/index.ts b/polylan_submitter/src/router/index.ts
index d2d8877..597e3dc 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/router/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Market from "@/Market.vue";
 import Noita from "@/Noita.vue";
 import OpusMagnum from "@/OpusMagnum.vue";
 import Place from "@/Place.vue";
+import PlaceEmbed from "@/PlaceEmbed.vue";
 import Submissions from "@/Submissions.vue";
 import SubmissionsSelect from "@/SubmissionsSelect.vue";
 import { usePageHeaderStore } from "@/stores/pageHeader";
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ declare module "vue-router" {
     // usePageHeaderStore() instead and leave this out.
     titleKey?: string;
     getBackRoute?: (route: RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded) => RouteLocationRaw;
+    // Skips AppHeader/AppFooter (see App.vue) - for pages meant to be
+    // dropped into an <iframe> as-is, like place/embed.
+    embed?: boolean;
   }
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +72,13 @@ export const router = createRouter({
       props: true,
       meta: { titleKey: "place.header", getBackRoute: eventHome },
     },
+    {
+      path: "/:eventPath/place/embed",
+      name: "place-embed",
+      component: PlaceEmbed,
+      props: true,
+      meta: { embed: true },
+    },
     {
       path: "/:eventPath/submissions/:gamePath",
       name: "submissions-select",