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Free, open-source software for recording and live-streaming video, with scene composition from screen, window, camera, and media sources.

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The long-standing standard for free streaming and screen recording on desktop, used to compose scenes and encode to Twitch, YouTube, and other platforms. It is GPL-2.0 licensed, cross-platform, and extensible through plugins, so it suits streamers and creators who want no paid tools.

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2026-10-20 · 77,829 ★ 2026-10-23 · 77,962 ★
LanguageC
LicenseGPL-2.0
Created2013-10-01 (13y ago)
Last push1d ago
Watchers1.6k
OwnerOrganization

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  • 2026-10-23 — #6 daily in c · +67 ★

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README excerpt
OBS Studio 
===================================
.. image:: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/actions/workflows/push.yaml/badge.svg?branch=master
 :alt: OBS Studio Build Status - GitHub Actions
 :target: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/actions/workflows/push.yaml?query=branch%3Amaster
.. image:: https://badges.crowdin.net/obs-studio/localized.svg
 :alt: OBS Studio Translation Project Progress
 :target: https://crowdin.com/project/obs-studio
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/348973006581923840.svg?label=&logo=discord&logoColor=ffffff&color=7389D8&labelColor=6A7EC2
 :alt: OBS Studio Discord Server
 :target: https://obsproject.com/discord
What is OBS Studio?
-------------------
OBS Studio is software designed for capturing, compositing, encoding,
recording, and streaming video content, efficiently.
It's distributed under the GNU General Public License v2 (or any later
version) - see the accompanying COPYING file for more details.
Quick Links
-----------
- Website: https://obsproject.com
- Help/Documentation/Guides: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki
- Forums: https://obsproject.com/forum/
- Build Instructions: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/Install-Instructions
- Developer/API Documentation: https://obsproject.com/docs
- Donating/backing/sponsoring: https://obsproject.com/contribute
- Bug Tracker: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues
Contributing
------------
- If you would like to help fund or sponsor the project, you can do so
 via `Patreon `_, `OpenCollective
 `_, or `PayPal
 `_. See our `contribute page
 `_ for more information.
- If you wish to contribute code to the project, please make sure to
 read the coding and commit guidelines:
 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Code for the project follows the code style guidelines, located
 here: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/CODESTYLE.md
- Developer/API documentation can be found here:
 https://obsproject.com/docs
- If you wish to contribute translations, do not submit pull requests.
 Instead, please use Crowdin. For more information read this page:
 https://obsproject.com/wiki/How-To-Contribute-Translations-For-OBS
- Contributors to OBS Studio and related repositories are expected to
 follow our Code of Conduct, which can be read here:
 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/COC.rst
- Other ways to contribute are by helping people out with support on
 our forums or in our community chat. Please limit support to topics
 you fully understand -- bad advice is worse than no advice. When it
 comes to something that you don't fully know or understand, please
 defer to the official help or official channels.
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