Alternatives to vMix
Professional live production software for multi-camera streaming and playback. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
vMix
Professional live production software for multi-camera streaming and playback.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as vMix.
OBS Studio
The standard free tool for recording a screen and for live streaming, built around scenes and sources.
OBS Studio is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, with scenes, sources and an audio mixer, but lacks vMix's professional replay features.
Restream
A browser-based live video studio that multistreams one broadcast to more than 30 platforms.
Restream moves live production into a browser studio that multistreams to over 30 platforms, but streams pass through Restream's servers and it needs an account.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Nobara
A Fedora-based Linux desktop tuned for gaming, streaming and content creation out of the box.
Owncast
Open-source software for running your own live video stream with built-in chat on your server.
SimpleScreenRecorder
A Linux screen recorder for capturing programs and games, with live streaming and audio recording support.
Bandicam
A Windows screen recorder for capturing the desktop, games, webcam and audio, with built-in editing.
