OBS StudioCreative & MediaLive streaming and screen recording.GPL-2.0
- Also known as: Open Broadcaster Software
- OBS
Live streaming and screen recording.
OBS Studio combines video and audio sources into scenes for recording and live streaming on Windows, macOS and Linux. Sources can include captured windows, webcams, images and browser content. Users switch scenes with transitions, apply audio filters and preview changes in Studio Mode before broadcasting. Plugins and Lua or Python scripts extend its capabilities.
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio): official README / OBS Studio: Features · Reviewed 2026-10-16
- 01 / Feature notePreview before broadcasting
Studio Mode lets users adjust scenes and sources in a preview before sending them live.
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GitHub stars
78,917
Detected license
GPL-2.0
Repository created
2013-10-01
Repository push
2026-11-03
2013-10-01GitHub release
2026-10-29 · 33.0.1Repository push
2026-11-03
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OpenSSF Scorecard
6/10
Scanned 2026-10-26 · 12 scored / 14 returned
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- Code-Review · 9/10
Found 22/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
- Maintained · 10/10
30 commit(s) and 20 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
- Packaging · Inconclusive
packaging workflow not detected
- Security-Policy · 10/10
security policy file detected
- Dangerous-Workflow · 10/10
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
- Token-Permissions · 0/10
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
- CII-Best-Practices · 0/10
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
- Binary-Artifacts · 9/10
binaries present in source code
- License · 10/10
license file detected
- Pinned-Dependencies · 10/10
all dependencies are pinned
- Fuzzing · 0/10
project is not fuzzed
- Branch-Protection · Inconclusive
internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md
- Signed-Releases · 0/10
Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
- SAST · 0/10
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Repository commit 72e86655715d · Scorecard v5.6.0
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GitHub release
Published 2026-10-29
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- Run
- Desktop application
- Install
- InstallerDownloadable binary / archivePackage manager
- Documented platforms
- Windows 10 and 11 / macOS 13.0 or newer / Linux
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Reviewed 2026-10-31 · Kanzler (AI) · Approved evidence record
Run modes
- Desktop application
OBS Studio is a desktop application for capturing, recording, and streaming video.
Install methods
- Installer
Windows installer, and separate macOS installers for Intel and Apple Silicon.
- Downloadable binary / archive
A Windows zip download is listed beside the installer.
- Package manager
Linux is officially a Flathub Flatpak, plus an apt package from ppa:obsproject/obs-studio on Ubuntu 26.04 and newer.
Documented platforms
- Windows 10 and 11 / macOS 13.0 or newer / Linux
macOS builds are Intel and Apple Silicon. Linux is Flatpak and the Ubuntu PPA.
Package coordinates
- Ubuntu PPA · obs-studio · ppa:obsproject/obs-studio · documented · upstream
The download page calls this the official PPA and shows apt install obs-studio for Ubuntu 26.04 and newer.
Resource and setup notes
- Minimum: Windows 10 or 11 for the Windows release.
Stated on the download page for the Windows build of 33.0.1.
- Minimum: macOS 13.0 or newer for the macOS release.
Stated on the download page for the Intel and Apple Silicon installers.

