OBS Studio
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What it does
OBS Studio is a free program for recording and live streaming video. You build "scenes" from sources such as your screen, a game, a webcam, images and microphones, mix the audio, and then record to a file or broadcast live to a streaming service. It is widely used by streamers, teachers and anyone making screen recordings. On Windows you download the installer from the releases and run it; ready downloads for macOS (.dmg) and for Ubuntu Linux (.deb) are published too.
How easy it is to install
A · download and open · Windows
- Windows A
- macOS A
- Linux A
On Windows you download and run a ready installer (OBS-Studio-33.0.1-Windows-x64-Installer.exe, 178 MB); macOS has ready .dmg files for Apple and Intel chips, and Linux has a ready package, but only one built for Ubuntu 26.04 (OBS-Studio-33.0.1-Ubuntu-26.04-x86_64.deb), so other Linux systems may need another source.
Numbers on GitHub
- Stars
- 78,711on Oct 31, 2026
- Downloads
- 103,267,703254,185 this week
- Growth
- +497stars in 6 days
Stars over time
Facts
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- You need to install
- Nothing extra
- Disk space
- 178 MB–534 MB · from the installer
- Accounts or keys
- None
- Cost
- Free
- License
- GPL-2.0 (Copyleft)
- Can replace
- XSplit Broadcaster, Camtasia
- Last update
- Oct 29, 2026
Risk signals (1)
- Infolinux build single distro
Release 33.0.1 has only one Linux file, "OBS-Studio-33.0.1-Ubuntu-26.04-x86_64.deb". Other Linux systems are not covered by the official downloads.
AI review
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What Radar could not check
- How well recording and streaming perform on your computer's graphics card and processor.
- Whether game capture works with the specific games or apps you use.
- Real disk use once you start saving recordings, which can grow quickly.
- Whether the Ubuntu package installs on other Linux systems.