Table of Contents

• Building OBS Studio
• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
  • Supported builds
    • Flatpak
    • Ubuntu
  • Unofficial builds
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • Gentoo
    • Manjaro
    • NixOS
    • OpenMandriva
    • OpenSUSE
    • snappy
    • Solus
    • UOS/Deepin
    • Void
• FreeBSD

Building OBS Studio

Please see the build instructions for:

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• FreeBSD

Windows

Installer

• Download the official Windows version of OBS Studio from:
  • the OBS Studio website
  • the OBS Project’s GitHub releases page
• Run the installer

Microsoft Store

• Install OBS Studio from the Microsoft Store

Steam

• Install OBS Studio from Steam

Portable version

• Download the official ZIP version of OBS Studio from:
  • the OBS Studio website
  • the OBS Project’s GitHub releases page
• Unzip the ZIP
• In the folder you unzipped, create a blank .txt file and name it obs_portable_mode.txt

macOS

Disk image

• Download the official macOS version of OBS Studio from:
  • the OBS Studio website
  • the OBS Project’s GitHub releases page
• Mount the disk image (.dmg) and drag OBS.app to the Applications folder

Linux

Prerequisites for all versions

• xserver-xorg version 1.18.4 or newer is recommended to avoid potential performance issues with certain features in OBS, such as the fullscreen projector.

• OpenGL 3.3 (or later) support is required to use OBS Studio on Linux. You can check what version of OpenGL is supported by your system by typing glxinfo | grep "OpenGL" on Terminal.

• For virtual camera support, you need the v4l2loopback-dkms module installed. You can install it with the following command:

  • Debian/Ubuntu-based:

    sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms

  • Red Hat/Fedora-based:

    sudo dnf install kmod-v4l2loopback

  • Arch Linux-based/Manjaro:

    You will need to install the kernel headers package of your actual kernel beforehand or the module will not be completely installed.

    sudo pacman -Sy v4l2loopback-dkms

Supported builds

The OBS Project maintains two official, supported Linux builds of OBS Studio: Flatpak and Ubuntu.

Flatpak

The Flatpak distribution is recommended for non-Ubuntu distributions.

• Install OBS Studio from Flathub

Ubuntu

• Enable the multiverse repo in Ubuntu’s software center

• Install OBS Studio on Ubuntu 18.04 or later using:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install obs-studio

Unofficial builds

Please note that any install directions/packages for Linux/FreeBSD distributions listed as unofficial means that they are community provided, and any support for those packages should be directed at the appropriate distro/package maintainers.

Read the Unofficial Linux builds guide for installation instructions on other Linux distributions, including:

• Arch Linux
• Debian
• Fedora
• Gentoo
• Manjaro
• NixOS
• OpenMandriva
• OpenSUSE
• snappy
• Solus
• UOS/Deepin
• Void

FreeBSD

Install OBS Studio:

pkg install obs-studio