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OBS Studio
★ 65kThe industry-standard free software for live streaming and screen recording with scenes, filters, and plugins.
OBS Studio does the job of vMix, self-hosted. It is GPL-2.0-licensed, a copyleft licence, and it installs in about one command. vMix bills $60 for it. 65k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for vMix.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Self-hosting
- Easy
- The paid one costs
- $60
- GitHub stars
- 65k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have not written a verdict on vMix yet, so this page says what OBS Studio is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.
How OBS Studio runs
Where it runs
OBS Studio runs on your server.
What setup takes
not verified by us yet — check the repo README.
OBS Studio questions
Is OBS Studio open source?
Yes — it is released under GPL-2.0.
Can I self-host OBS Studio?
Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.