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Description:
Open-source software for live streaming and screen recording

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 32.1.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @OBSProject | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: streaming recording video broadcasting screencapture

Install: brew install --cask obs

About:
OBS Studio is a powerful, open-source software suite for video recording and live streaming. It features a high-performance real-time video/audio capturing and mixing engine, allowing users to create scenes composed of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browsers, and webcams. Its robust plugin ecosystem and support for hardware encoding make it a versatile solution for professional-quality broadcasts.

Key Features:

High-performance real-time video/audio capturing and mixing
Intuitive scene composition with multiple source types
Powerful plugin ecosystem for extended functionality
Support for hardware encoding (NVENC, AMF, QuickSync)
Advanced studio mode with scene transitions

Use Cases:

Live streaming gameplay to platforms like Twitch and YouTube
Recording professional software tutorials and presentations
Producing podcasts or webinars with multiple camera angles

Alternatives:

Streamlabs Desktop – User-friendly wrapper around OBS with integrated overlays and alerts, but more resource-intensive
vMix – Professional live video production software with advanced features, but is paid and Windows-only

Version History

Detected	Version	Change	Commit
Mar 15, 2026 10:14pm	32.1.0	VERSION_BUMP	733d0082
Jul 28, 2025 9:56pm	31.1.2	VERSION_BUMP	cba91b28
Jul 23, 2024 9:41pm	30.2.2	VERSION_BUMP	ab087b6d
Jul 23, 2024 11:02am	30.2.1	VERSION_BUMP	c49fe9ab
Jul 13, 2024 11:19am	30.2.0	VERSION_BUMP	32505708
Dec 11, 2023 10:13am	30.0.2	VERSION_BUMP	2ad501b1
Dec 10, 2023 2:44pm	30.0.1	VERSION_BUMP	97a56076
Nov 13, 2023 4:38am	30.0.0	VERSION_BUMP	4de6af95
Nov 13, 2023 4:37am	30.0.0	VERSION_BUMP	257cb7fb
Nov 12, 2023 12:43pm	30.0.0	VERSION_BUMP	5cb0de13