# DistroAV/DistroAV

DistroAV (formerly OBS-NDI): NDI integration for OBS Studio

Repository: https://github.com/DistroAV/DistroAV
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/distroav
Homepage: https://distroav.org
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: obs-studio, video, audio, ndi, ndi-tools, obsstudio, av, avoip, obs-ndi, obsndi
Last push: 2026-08-23T14:09:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3602, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 131, "gap_med": 114.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4515, forks 430 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:52.687842+00:00)

## What it is
DistroAV (formerly OBS-NDI) is a plugin for OBS Studio that adds NDI (Network Device Interface) integration for sending and receiving audio and video over a network. It provides NDI sources, outputs, and per-source/scene filters within OBS.

## Use cases
- send OBS output over NDI to other machines on the LAN
- receive NDI streams as sources in OBS Studio
- route a single OBS scene's audio to NDI
- do network-based video production without capture cards
- multi-PC streaming setups with NDI

## When to choose
- you use OBS Studio and need NDI input or output
- you want low-latency AV distribution across a local network
- you need a free, actively maintained alternative to paid NDI tools for OBS

## When to avoid
- you need NDI in software other than OBS Studio
- you need to stream over the internet rather than a LAN (NDI is LAN-oriented)
- you use a streaming tool other than OBS

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, streaming
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: obs-studio, ndi, plugin, avoip, broadcasting, video, audio, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- DistroAV/DistroAV (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.687842+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:19.150874+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DistroAV/DistroAV (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.687842+00:00, sha 6bb94f7b3431)
  - homepage: https://distroav.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:10.041279+00:00, sha 9dcf0ceded5c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.