OBS Studio
Tool · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
OBS describes itself like this: "OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding" (homepage).
This is a self-description, but there is a verifiable part in it: the program is called free and open source. There are two occupations — recording video and live broadcasting. The encoding is named by name: H264 and AAC.
OBS differs from the other tools in the catalogue in that it is not a service on the network but a program you install for yourself. There is no account, no plan and no personal cabinet in our facts — nor anything that usually follows from them.
The interface language of the homepage is en, but the markup declares many language versions: cs, da, de, en, es, eu, fi, fr, hu, ja, ko, pt-br and five more, which our record does not name by name. The figure "five more" is our count of the remaining links in the markup, not a statement of the source: that number is not on the page itself.
Which platforms it works with
Here the source says less than it seems at first glance, and it is worth taking apart why.
The tool's direct claim is recorded word for word: "OBS supports all your favorite streaming platforms and more". There is no list of platforms on the page at all — there is only this phrase. It promises much and names nothing, and we have no right to turn it into a list of supported services.
Next to that claim stand three service badges — their captions in the markup name Twitch, Mixer and YouTube. The badges are not a list of support but the decoration of the page, yet we read the captions and recorded them as they are.
And the trouble with that set is visible right there: Mixer was closed in 2020. A service that has not existed for six years still stands as a badge on the homepage. This is stale decoration of the page — and a good reason not to trust the badges as a source.
What can be asserted firmly: Twitch and YouTube are named twice — both in the self-description and in the captions of the badges. The rest is "many other providers" and "all your favorite platforms", that is, nothing concrete.
What is free
Everything is free — at least according to the words of the tool itself. The program is called "free and open source software". The source names no pricing, no paid editions and no paid add-ons.
This is that rare case where a section about prices is absent not for want of data: the tool itself says that there is nothing to pay.
How you earn with it
OBS has no affiliate programme, and for a free program with open source that is to be expected. Seven addresses were checked: /affiliate, /affiliates, /affiliate-program, /partners, /partner-program, /referral and /referral-program — all return 404.
In the footer of the homepage there are no links to a programme either: there are only the sections for downloads, help, the forum and taking part in development. There is nowhere to bring customers — the project has no paid product on which a commission would be paid.
What it will not do
OBS does not take on naming the platforms it broadcasts to: there is no list on the homepage, there is only the promise of "all your favorite streaming platforms and more". From the captions to the badges Twitch and YouTube are confirmed — plus Mixer, closed since 2020, which says more about how fresh that set is than about support.
It will not let you earn on referred customers: there is no programme, seven addresses were checked, the footer was read. The details — computer requirements, recording limits, settings for particular platforms, add-ons — live in the project's forum and help center.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
About the platform
the platform describes itself as follows: «OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.»
Self-description: this is the platform's claim about itself, not an independent assessment
source, checked 2026-07-28
Platforms
OBS supports all your favorite streaming platforms and more.
There is no list of platforms on the page — the service's verbatim claim has been recorded
source, checked 2026-07-28
Twitch, Mixer, YouTube
Three service icons next to that claim (class=service_icon, alt captions). Mixer closed in 2020 — the set on the page is out of date
source, checked 2026-07-28
Languages
the interface language of the home page: en; declared language versions: cs, da, de, en, es, eu, fi, fr, hu, ja, ko, pt-br and 5 more
The language is taken from the markup attribute, the versions from hreflang. The "and N more" figure is OUR count of the remaining hreflang links in the markup, not a claim by the source: that number does not appear on the page.
source, checked 2026-07-28
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