obsproject/obs-studio
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 404 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 83% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording with video capturing, compositing, encoding, and recording capabilities.
- Offers a versatile, GPL-licensed platform supporting multiple streaming services and video sources with extensive customization and plugin support.
- Use for creating professional live streams on platforms like Twitch, YouTube Live, and Facebook Live with real-time video mixing.
- Use for recording high-quality screen captures and gameplay footage for tutorials, presentations, or content creation.
- Use for integrating with custom video production workflows requiring advanced video compositing and encoding features in C/C++ environments.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
.. 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
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.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
11.0K+1.5K
Open issues
1.2K+42
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| herdrdev/herdr | 50.0K | +2.1K | 75 | 27 days ago |
| max-sixty/worktrunk | 12.4K | +1.9K | 75 | 21 days ago |
| obsproject/obs-studio | 78.8K | — | 60 | 4 days ago |
| Category median | 121.4K | +4.3K | 75 | — |
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