# steveseguin/vdo.ninja

VDO.Ninja is a powerful tool that lets you bring remote video feeds into OBS or other studio software via WebRTC.

Repository: https://github.com/steveseguin/vdo.ninja
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vdoninja
Homepage: https://vdo.ninja
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: vdo, ninja, vdoninja, obsninja, obs, vdo-ninja, vmix, studio, live, video, low-latency
Last push: 2026-08-22T15:56:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2355, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 113, "gap_med": 105, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4005, forks 1213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.137015+00:00)

## What it is
VDO.Ninja is a browser-based WebRTC tool for bringing remote video and audio feeds from guests, smartphones, and screen shares directly into OBS Studio or other production software with low latency. It works as a free hosted service and is also self-hostable, with a director control room, group chat, and extensive URL-parameter customization.

## Use cases
- bring remote guests into OBS via webrtc
- use my phone as a wireless webcam for streaming
- record a remote podcast interview with low latency video
- self-host a webrtc video ingest service for live production
- share a screen or camera feed peer-to-peer without a server
- run a group video call where the director controls scenes
- pull a remote camera feed into vMix or Streamlabs

## When to choose
- you need low-latency remote video feeds in OBS, vMix, or similar studio software
- you want a free hosted option but also the ability to self-host and customize
- you want guests to join from a browser with no install
- you need smartphone-as-webcam or screen-share ingest over WebRTC

## When to avoid
- you need a general video conferencing tool for meetings rather than production ingest
- you need guaranteed recording or enterprise SLAs from the hosted service
- you need non-WebRTC protocols or broadcast-grade contribution encoding out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, websocket, web-framework, self-hosted, gui
- domain: media, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: browser, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: webrtc, obs, live-streaming, remote-guests, virtual-webcam, p2p-video, vmix, whip-whep, browser-based, video, real-time, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- steveseguin/vdo.ninja (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.137015+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 2026-08-29T18:24:05.195313+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/steveseguin/vdo.ninja (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.137015+00:00, sha f509518bb150)
  - homepage: https://vdo.ninja (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:29.437414+00:00, sha d66e9a9c05bb)
  - site_page: https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:29.446933+00:00, sha dae9770ee483)
  - site_page: https://docs.vdo.ninja/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:29.449007+00:00, sha 2eef1bf3daf7)
  - site_page: https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/upcoming-parameters/and-obs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:29.453322+00:00, sha a96c74972d67)
  - site_page: https://params.vdo.ninja (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:29.451320+00:00, sha 5f28ec93d05c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.