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Open-source software for live streaming and screen recording. Version 33.0.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Open-source software for live streaming and screen recording
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Project history and usage
OBS Studio is a free, open-source, cross-platform application for live streaming, video recording, capture, compositing, and encoding.
Project history
OBS began as Open Broadcaster Software, created and maintained by Hugh Bailey, known in the project as Lain. The first public release appeared in August 2012. The project evolved into OBS Studio, a cross-platform application for capturing, compositing, encoding, recording, and live streaming video under the GPL.
Adoption history
OBS expanded from an initially manageable community into a widely used streaming and recording application. In an official 2018 progress report, its creator reported nine million downloads of the preceding release within three months and described OBS and its derivatives as among the most widely used tools for live streaming and recording.
Cross-platform support, broad capture and encoding capabilities, integrations with major streaming services, and an extensive plugin ecosystem helped establish OBS Studio as standard infrastructure for creators, educators, event producers, and screen-recording workflows.
How it is used
Users combine video, audio, display, window, browser, and device sources into scenes, switch or transition between scenes, mix audio, and record locally or stream to a configured service. Profiles separate output and service settings, while scene collections separate production layouts.
Why package nerds care
OBS Studio is a prominent cross-platform open-source desktop application with a large native-code repository, extensive plugin interfaces, scripting support, and platform-specific capture backends.
Profiles, scene collections, plugins, and service settings make its configuration directory valuable for backup and migration, while Homebrew Cask provides macOS users with a package-managed installation path.
Timeline
- 2012-08: The first public OBS release appeared.
- 2018-08: The project marked its sixth anniversary and reported nine million downloads of the preceding release in three months.
Related projects
- OBS plugins and scripts extend capture, effects, automation, and service integration.
- The obs-websocket functionality supports remote control and automation and is included in modern OBS Studio releases.
- Applications derived from OBS technology are related products but are not the upstream OBS Studio project.
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for obs. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.config/obs-studio- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio- Windows
%APPDATA%\obs-studio
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version33.0.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://obsproject.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:obs |
|---|---|
| Version | 33.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/obs |
| Homepage | https://obsproject.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://obsproject.com/ |
| Source archive | https://cdn-fastly.obsproject.com/downloads/obs-studio-33.0.1-macos-apple.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 3d6b2eedeb56416602af635adaba32327fdf11ff9d2806a4ce7d5b608de73238 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | obs |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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