# jp9000/OBS

Open Broadcaster Software (Deprecated: See OBS Studio repository instead)

Repository: https://github.com/jp9000/OBS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obs
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2020-08-01T08:29:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5102, "days_push": 2223, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3425, forks 836 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.913431+00:00)

## What it is
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is an open-source live streaming and recording application for Windows. This original version is deprecated; development has moved to the OBS Studio rewrite.

## Use cases
- record my screen on windows
- live stream to twitch or youtube
- capture gameplay footage
- broadcast a webcam with overlays
- record video tutorials

## When to choose
- you specifically need the legacy OBS Classic interface or plugins built for it
- maintaining or referencing historical OBS Classic code

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained streaming/recording app - use OBS Studio instead
- you need macOS or Linux support
- you want to contribute new features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: live-streaming, screen-recording, broadcasting, deprecated, obs, desktop

## Member repositories
- jp9000/OBS (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.913431+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 2026-08-29T18:38:04.544376+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jp9000/OBS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.913431+00:00, sha 664c15a4ff18)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.