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OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a screen capture program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: effects and transitions, noise reduction, audio plugins (VST, LV2…).

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

OBS Studio is a screen capture program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: effects and transitions, noise reduction, audio plugins (VST, LV2…), plugins and add-ons.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Free software to make screencasts and/or live streaming.” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
  • “Set up an unlimited number of scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Take full control with VST plugin support.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Take full control with VST plugin support.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Set hotkeys for nearly every sort of action, such as switching between scenes, starting/stopping streams or recordings, muting audio sources, push to talk, and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

OBS Studio is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Free and open source software for video capturing, recording, and live streaming. Features: 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. Set up an unlimited number of scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions. Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support. Powerful and easy to use configuration options. Add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly. Streamlined Settings panel gives you access to a wide array of configuration options to tweak every aspect of your broadcast or recording. Modular 'Dock' UI allows you to rearrange the layout exactly as you like. You can even pop out each individual Dock to its own window. Create Professional Productions: Choose from a number of different and customizable transitions for when you switch between your scenes or add your own stinger video files. Set hotkeys for nearly every sort of action, such as switching between scenes, starting/stopping streams or recordings, muting audio sources, push to talk, and more. Studio Mode lets you preview your scenes and sources before pushing them live. Adjust your scenes and sources or create new ones and ensure they're perfect before your viewers ever see them. Get a high level view of your production using the Multiview. Monitor 8 different scenes and easily cue or transition to any of them with merely a single or double click.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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