Open MCT vs obs-studio

Open MCT

A web based mission control framework. (by nasa)

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obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording (by obsproject)

C C++ live-streaming video-recording screen-capture game-capture directshow Ffmpeg twitch-tv facebook-live youtube-live

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Open MCT		obs-studio
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27	Mentions	2,362
11,840	Stars	55,868
5.0%	Growth	1.2%
9.5	Activity	9.8
2 days ago	Latest Commit	about 3 hours ago
JavaScript	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Open MCT

Posts with mentions or reviews of Open MCT. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-18.

OpenMCT: A web based mission control framework
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Apr 2024

Even Max Verstappen uses it (albeit indirectly):
https://github.com/nasa/openmct/discussions/6392
NASA JPL Open Source Rover That Runs ROS 2
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Sep 2023
Would you be interested in such a mod for KSP2?
2 projects | /r/KerbalSpaceProgram | 29 Apr 2023

It would be cool to have it interface with this tool from NASA
What are some open source projects that use Vue well?
15 projects | /r/vuejs | 26 Jul 2022

NASA uses it: https://github.com/nasa/openmct
Checking out mycodo and it's a win so far. r/mycodo could use some more members!
1 project | /r/aquaponics | 9 Jul 2022
[Ubuntu] How to install a newer version of Node than the one provided by apt?
5 projects | /r/node | 17 Apr 2022

and then tried to use npm to install Open MCT, but I got this error:
Do you know any large company that uses Vue.js?
2 projects | /r/Nuxt | 20 Mar 2022

NASA for open mct https://nasa.github.io/openmct/. Williams Sonoma is in the middle of migrating to Vue(interviewed to work on this)
Ask HN: What open source projects go to space?
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2022

Core Flight System (cFS) https://github.com/nasa/cFS
NASA has a lot of open source projects including a bunch that don't "go to space" but are used in space related projects (check each project for contributor guidelines):
https://github.com/nasa/openmct - web based mission control software
Public satellite telemetry data?
1 project | /r/satellites | 2 Nov 2021

Just found this: https://nasa.github.io/openmct/
How does SpaceX produce its broadcast titles
2 projects | /r/SpaceXLounge | 12 Oct 2021

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 2024-05-01.

How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 May 2024

For product videos I used OBS a lot: https://obsproject.com/
I haven't used Journey, but it seems promising for product Tours: https://www.william-troup.com/journey-js/
Software Engineering Workflow
6 projects | dev.to | 8 Apr 2024

OBS
Open Broadcaster Software
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Mar 2024
OBS merges AV1 support for WebRTC
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jan 2024
Ask HN: Has anyone achieved Douglas Engelbart's Vision?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2024

Any specific area?
unix,telnet, uucp/news groups/email, linux, sequel/postgres, AI (chatgpt), video/hardware emulation with or/without VM layer. software defined radio, open broadcaster software[0], etc.
[0] obs : https://obsproject.com/
My Rules for Being a Tech Speaker
3 projects | dev.to | 13 Jan 2024

OBS Studio - For recording
Show HN: Bring phone calls into the browser (sip-to-WebRTC)
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024

I don't! But when adding WebRTC support to OBS I would see 120ms https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7926
This is me (in Ohio) going to a Digital Ocean Droplet (NYC) and back.
Denied OBS PR regarding Kick support lights up
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jan 2024
OBS with AV1 Support is now in the AUR
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 10 Dec 2023
Do not update to OBS 30.0.1 (MacOS)
1 project | /r/obs | 10 Dec 2023

Thankfully, you can simply delete the app, then reinstall the previous version here : OBS 30.0.0

What are some alternatives?

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

yamcs - A framework for mission control

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

SurveyJS - Free Open-Source JavaScript form builder library with integration for React, Angular, Vue, jQuery, and Knockout that lets you load and run multiple web forms, or build your own self-hosted form management system, retaining all sensitive data on your servers. You have total freedom of choice as to the backend, because any server + database combination is fully compatible.

obs-StreamFX - StreamFX is a plugin for OBS® 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.

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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.

Autotrack - Automatic and enhanced Google Analytics tracking for common user interactions on the web.

jellyfin-ffmpeg - FFmpeg for Jellyfin

platform.js - A platform detection library.

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.

InversifyJS - A powerful and lightweight inversion of control container for JavaScript & Node.js apps powered by TypeScript.

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.