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OBS Studio
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming
As of 30 August 2026, OBS Studio is free to use. OBS Studio is a free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming. Softwr lists it under Content Creation. OBS Studio is made by OBS Project, launched in 2012, available on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Overview
What OBS Studio does
OBS Studio is a free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming. It offers high performance real-time video/audio capturing and mixing. Create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, capture cards and more.
What people use it for
- Live streaming gameplay or a desktop to Twitch or YouTube
- Recording screen and webcam locally
- Compositing multiple video and audio sources into scenes
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about OBS Studio.
- The Windows build supports only Windows 10 and 11
- The macOS build requires macOS 13.0 or newer
- Linux support is distributed as a Flatpak and as a PPA for Ubuntu 24.04 and later rather than official packages for other distributions
- Game Capture is a Windows only source
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Pricing
What OBS Studio costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Unlimited recording time
- Live streaming to platforms
- Scene composition
- Audio mixer
- Plugin support
Capabilities
Features
Real-time video/audio capturing
Scene composition
Audio mixer with filters
Configuration options
Modular 'Dock' UI
Studio mode
Plugin support
Streaming to multiple platforms
Twitch
Integration with Twitch
YouTube
Integration with YouTube
Facebook Live
Integration with Facebook Live
Twitter
Integration with Twitter
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Questions people ask
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Behind it
Who makes OBS Studio
- Company
- OBS Project
- Based in
- Open Source Community
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