# johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam

ARCHIVED! This plugin is officially a part of OBS as of version 26.1. See note below for info on upgrading. 🎉🎉🎉Creates a virtual webcam device from the output of OBS. Especially useful for streaming smooth, composited video into Zoom, Hangouts, Jitsi etc. Like CatxFish/obs-virtualcam but for macOS.

Repository: https://github.com/johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obs-mac-virtualcam
Language: Objective-C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-12-14T23:17:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2345, "days_push": 2088, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4034, forks 163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.828214+00:00)

## What it is
An OBS Studio plugin for macOS that creates a virtual webcam device from OBS's output, allowing composited video to be used in apps like Zoom, Hangouts, and Jitsi. It has been archived because the functionality was merged into OBS Studio as of version 26.1.

## Use cases
- use OBS scenes as a webcam in Zoom
- stream composited video into video calls on macOS
- create a virtual camera device from OBS output
- share smooth video into Jitsi or Hangouts
- replace a physical webcam with OBS output on Mac

## When to choose
- you are stuck on OBS Studio older than 26.1 on macOS and need a virtual camera
- you need this specific plugin for a legacy macOS setup

## When to avoid
- you run OBS Studio 26.1 or newer - the virtual camera is built in
- you are on Windows or Linux
- you want actively maintained software

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: obs-studio, virtual-camera, webcam, video-conferencing, streaming, archived, coremediaio, video, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.828214+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 2026-08-29T18:23:48.946606+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.828214+00:00, sha d4317f307114)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.