OBS Studio
The standard free tool for recording a screen and for live streaming, built around scenes and sources.
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Other download sites
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Package managers
- winget
winget install --id OBSProject.OBSStudio - Chocolatey
choco install obs-studio - Homebrew
brew install --cask obs - Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio - Snap Store
snap install obs-studio
About OBS Studio
OBS Studio captures, composites, encodes, records and streams video. You build scenes from sources, a window, a display, a camera, a browser page, an image or text, then switch between scenes with transitions while recording or broadcasting.
The audio mixer has per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression and gain, and takes VST plugins. It streams to any service that accepts RTMP and can use hardware encoders on supported GPUs. A large plugin and script ecosystem covers everything from virtual cameras to stream decks.
Strengths
- Unlimited scenes built from window, display, camera, browser, image and text sources, with custom transitions
- Audio mixer with per-source noise gate, noise suppression and gain, plus VST plugin support
- Streams to any RTMP service and records locally at the same time
- Runs on Windows 10 and 11, macOS 12 or newer, and Linux
Limitations
- There is a real learning curve before the first good recording
- Screen capture on Linux depends on the desktop: Wayland needs the PipeWire capture source
- Hardware encoding quality and availability vary by GPU
Details
- Pricing
- Free · Free and open source, funded by sponsors and contributors; no paid tier or watermark.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- The OBS Project
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Recording your screen or going live without paying for a studio app
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Video); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 5 sources on file.
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