obs-studio VS desktop

Compare obs-studio vs desktop and see what are their differences.

desktop

Free and open source streaming software built on OBS and Electron. (by stream-labs)
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obs-studio desktop
2,361 50
55,295 4,392
1.8% 1.1%
9.8 9.5
6 days ago 6 days ago
C TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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obs-studio

Posts with mentions or reviews of obs-studio. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-08.

desktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of desktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.
  • streamlabs website keeps forgetting about me
    1 project | /r/streamlabs | 21 Jun 2023
    When visiting streamlabs.com, I am almost always sent through the setup process despite the fact that I've been through it multiple times. I have the desktop app and have even streamed unlisted videos as tests (everything seems fine from the app) but when I go on the website it won't acknowledge my yt account. The same is also true for my other settings like tipping; my tip URL still links to the tip page, yet the website doesn't think I've started setting any of that up. Please help, thank you!
  • Alerts do not work during stream on OBS, but works fine when I'm not streaming.
    1 project | /r/Twitch | 4 Jun 2023
    nono i meant when i test out the widgets on streamlabs.com or whatever it pops up like it should on OBS or streamlabs the app for that matter, but the alerts don't pop up exclusively when I stream
  • Twitch's Alerts: CSS Issues
    2 projects | /r/Twitch | 22 May 2023
    I use a special font I purchased which is Sidefont. As I wrote it, the base64 URL I got from fontsquirrel works perfectly with streamlabs.com and streamelements alerts boxes. How can I create a shorter URL like you mentioned?
  • Sponsor bar resetting issue
    1 project | /r/streamlabs | 11 May 2023
    So I've used Streamlabs for a while now and have always ran into random issues with this but it has never really bugged me like it has recently. Ever since a few months ago when I set up my sponsor banner widget, it works perfectly for a week or two and then I go to stream and it just shows a generic "streamlabs" logo and text where my sponsors should be rotating. Upon checking the streamlabs.com dashboard where my widget's info should be saved, it shows a blank page and none of my settings are there so I am forced to start from scratch and completely re-add all of my sponsor images and re-do all of the associated settings. This is very frustrating as I have to now check these settings before every stream to make sure my alerts and sponsor bar are working properly. Please look into this and if anyone can offer a solution or reason as to why my settings are constantly being reset to default, please let me know. It also resets my settings for my alerts randomly as well.
  • I made a userscript that allows you to see a list of bot commands available for a channel, right in the chat!
    1 project | /r/Twitch | 21 Mar 2023
  • Best game recording softwares in 2023
    2 projects | /r/u_Defiant-Chair-1117 | 9 Mar 2023
    Website: https://streamlabs.com/
  • Need help with OBS
    1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 26 Feb 2023
    I'm not sure what you break by chat dock, but I can share my solution. I use StreamLabs to display chat and follow animations. They provide a URL that you add to a Browser source in OBS.
  • [PC] What is the best recording program to share clips on here for feedback?
    3 projects | /r/RocketLeagueSchool | 23 Feb 2023
    If you're looking to record a long segment, like a YouTube video length, get either OBS or Streamlabs OBS. These allow you to add webcam overlays, etc etc. and for the regular OBS I'd recommend looking up a tutorial on how to set up a basic scene to record your screen, but it's straight forward enough. Streamlabs OBS comes with more overlays for streaming, if you're into that, and OBS is a bit more basic, but can be customised using coding languages and plugins I believe.
  • Elgato 4k60 PRO mk 2 and Fujifilm Mirrorless = Webcam?
    2 projects | /r/elgato | 13 Feb 2023
    That setup should work for any software that can read from the 4K60 Pro. (OBS Studio and Streamlabs Desktop are both known to work.)
  • Can't see alerts
    1 project | /r/streamlabsobs | 30 Dec 2022
    Whenever I launch the widget url in streamlabs.com it works just fine in that window but it doesn't show up at all in my desktop SLOBS

What are some alternatives?

When comparing obs-studio and desktop you can also consider the following projects:

obsninja - VDO.Ninja is a powerful tool that lets you bring remote video feeds into OBS or other studio software via WebRTC.

chatsen - Cross-platform Twitch Chat application with 3rd-party addon support!

obs-StreamFX - StreamFX is a plugin for OBSĀ® Studio which adds many new effects, filters, sources, transitions and encoders! Be it 3D Transform, Blur, complex Masking, or even custom shaders, you'll find it all here.

slate-vue - slate.js implement for Vue2 and Vue3

ShareX - ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.

BetterDiscord - Better Discord enhances Discord desktop app with new features.

jellyfin-ffmpeg - FFmpeg for Jellyfin

notion-linux - Native Notion packages for Linux

Kodi Home Theater Software - Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.

forge - :electron: A complete tool for building and publishing Electron applications

openshot-qt - OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.

vuex-module-decorators - TypeScript/ES7 Decorators to create Vuex modules declaratively