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OBS Studio

OBS StudioCreative & MediaLive streaming and screen recording.GPL-2.0
Field notes / 001OBS Studio
I / Function

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

A pear-shaped lantern combines translucent image layers and retains their shared pattern on an internal roll.
Awesome Open* · Field recordOBS StudioOP-0E1C34B3 · Folio 001Domain: Creative & Media
  1. 01 / Feature notePreview before broadcasting

    Studio Mode lets users adjust scenes and sources in a preview before sending them live.

    Feature source ↗
II / Repository record

GitHub stars

78,917

Detected license

GPL-2.0

Repository created

2013-10-01

Repository push

2026-11-03

III / Observations & evidence

GitHub stars

Unknown

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Cached history uses a different month window; chart withheld until aligned.

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Hacker News stories

Unknown

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OpenSSF Scorecard

6/10

Scanned 2026-10-26 · 12 scored / 14 returned

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Partial
  • 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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IV / Release record

GitHub release

33.0.1

Published 2026-10-29

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Available

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V / Where it runs
Run
Desktop application
Install
InstallerDownloadable binary / archivePackage manager
Documented platforms
Windows 10 and 11 / macOS 13.0 or newer / Linux
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Run Install Documented platforms

Reviewed 2026-10-31 · Kanzler (AI) · Approved evidence record

Run modes
Install methods
  • Installer

    Windows installer, and separate macOS installers for Intel and Apple Silicon.

    OBS Studio download page

  • Downloadable binary / archive

    A Windows zip download is listed beside the installer.

    OBS Studio download page

  • Package manager

    Linux is officially a Flathub Flatpak, plus an apt package from ppa:obsproject/obs-studio on Ubuntu 26.04 and newer.

    OBS Studio download page

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.

    OBS Studio download page

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.

    OBS Studio download page

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.

    OBS Studio download page

  • Minimum: macOS 13.0 or newer for the macOS release.

    Stated on the download page for the Intel and Apple Silicon installers.

    OBS Studio download page