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OBS Studio

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OBS Studio — compose, record, and live-stream video

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Stars
76,160
Primary language
C
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 11, 2026

Overview

OBS Studio is a desktop application that layers screens, cameras, audio, images, and other sources into scenes, switches them in real time, and records, encodes, or streams the result. One production workspace can support personal broadcasts, classes, events, and software demonstrations.

Features and best fit

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Compose multiple sources into recorded or live scenes

The official README describes OBS Studio as software for video recording and live streaming and provides build information for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its workflow combines capture, compositing, encoding, recording, and streaming while scenes and sources organize reusable productions.

Sources: [1]

For operating live and recorded output from one scene design

It fits game and event streaming, lectures and tutorials, meeting or product-demo recording, and other work that reuses several video and audio inputs as one composition. Plugins and scripts can extend the production workflow.

Sources: [1]

Test encoders, resources, plugins, and outputs before production

Validate the encoder available on the target OS and GPU, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, audio routing, storage capacity, and destination requirements on real hardware. Review third-party plugins for OBS-version compatibility and permissions. COPYING permits redistribution under GPL version 2 or any later version.

Sources: [1][2]

Official sources

  1. [1]OBS Studio README(2026-09-13)
  2. [2]OBS Studio COPYING(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note

Selected for expanding the short OBS acronym through Studio, live-streaming, screen-recording, and destination-specific vocabulary.

Growth

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76,160 Stars

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Last 90 days · weekly

Commits (last 30 days)
65
Open PRs
339

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GitHub Topics

  • c
  • c-plus-plus
  • live-streaming
  • video-recording
  • screen-capture
  • game-capture
  • directshow
  • ffmpeg
  • twitch-tv
  • facebook-live
  • youtube-live
Stars
76,160
Forks
10,150
Watchers
1,529
Open issues
809
Primary language
C
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 11, 2026
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