# Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin

A Plugin for OBS Studio to enable Spout2 (https://github.com/leadedge/Spout2) input / output

Repository: https://github.com/Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obs-spout2-plugin
Homepage: https://knowledge.offworld.live/en/spout-plugin-for-obs-studio
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: obs, obs-studio, spout
Last push: 2026-07-30T12:15:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2541, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 484, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1037, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.523548+00:00)

## What it is
An OBS Studio plugin that enables Spout2 shared GPU texture input and output, allowing zero-latency video sharing between OBS and creative software like Unity, Unreal Engine, TouchDesigner, and Resolume. It provides a Spout2 Capture source, a Spout output, and a Spout filter for sending OBS canvas content to other applications.

## Use cases
- receive spout2 video textures into obs studio
- send obs output to touchdesigner or resolume via spout
- share gpu video textures between unity and obs with zero latency
- capture spout sender at high resolution beyond 1080p
- output obs canvas to spout-compatible creative software
- integrate unreal engine renders into obs livestreams

## When to choose
- you need zero-latency, uncompressed video sharing between OBS and Spout-compatible apps on Windows
- you want to avoid screen-capturing SpoutReceiver or the resolution limits of SpoutCam
- you need both Spout input and output from OBS with alpha channel support

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform Spout support, as this plugin is Windows-only
- you need NDI or network-based video sharing between different machines
- you use a 32-bit OBS build

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, graphics, plugin-system
- domain: media, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: obs-studio, spout2, gpu-texture-sharing, live-streaming, zero-latency-video, creative-coding, video

## Member repositories
- Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.523548+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 2026-08-30T07:04:20.824448+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.523548+00:00, sha 14e9bc0714ea)
  - homepage: https://knowledge.offworld.live/en/spout-plugin-for-obs-studio (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:07.384171+00:00, sha 379184c00e16)
  - site_page: https://product.offworld.live/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:07.386967+00:00, sha 3f8e62880c02)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.