Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio is a powerful and flexible screen recording and screencasting tool. The program includes real-time recording, broadcasting, and audio mixing and layouts. The "scene" system allows building custom input settings with numerous audio and video sources (multiple microphones, webcam, applications, screens etc.). Available filters allow for automatic, live filtering including crop, color correction, sharpen, chroma key, audio gain and more.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, PortableApps' OBS Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch obs32.exe --portable or obs64.exe --portable (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX, Easy Screencast Recorder |
What's new? | See: https://obsproject.com/blog/obs-studio-30-1-release-notes-copy |
As of June 12, OBS version 23.2.0 is a release candidate and not the current stable version. The current stable version is 23.1.0. If you post a release candidate, that should be stated in the description so users can know what they are downloading.
v23.2.0
@vmars316 - I checked and OBS Studio is QT-based rather than Electron-based (though a different project called Streamlabs OBS is). I've updated the entry.
v23.0.1
Well I am glad it is Electron-based .
I would'n know what to do with it otherwise :)
v23.0.1
OBS Studio Portable 22.0.2 starts correctly on my clean Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit virtual machines. Please post a bug report in the PortableApps.com forums with the complete details.
v22.0.2
OBS Studio v22.0.2 from portableapps.com does not start on My Win7 system.
v22.0.2
its also awalible at https://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/obs-studio-portable
v22.0.2
I've been using this for months to makeup for the failures or issues with screensharing programs like Skype and WebEx, which often have confusing or low quality audio recording functionality.
v21.1.2
My recently purchased webcam only works with one version of OBS so I'm unable to upgrade to use new features. I have always had problems playing any video except uncompressed and despite being able to play and edit just about any anything in other software on my PC. Other people have complained about the same issue (videos showing as a black screen) for years but the problem is never addressed by the developers. If you can work around issues such as these or are lucky enough not to be plagued by them, then OBS is nice, light software and recording and streaming work well.
v26.1.0