# webcamoid/webcamoid

Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform camera suite.

Repository: https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webcamoid
Homepage: https://webcamoid.github.io/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: webcam, virtual-camera, desktop-capturing
Last push: 2026-08-25T15:08:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5303, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 58, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2540, forks 286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.329648+00:00)

## What it is
Webcamoid is a cross-platform camera suite for capturing photos and videos, managing multiple webcams, applying 60+ effects, and streaming to platforms like Twitch and YouTube. It also provides a virtual camera driver so processed video can be fed into other applications on Linux and Windows.

## Use cases
- record video from my webcam with effects
- use my webcam as a virtual camera in zoom or obs
- stream my camera to twitch and youtube at the same time
- capture my screen or a single window as video
- manage multiple webcams with custom controls
- use a network stream or local file as a camera source
- stream video over http on my local network

## When to choose
- you need a free, open-source camera app across Linux, Windows, or Android
- you want a virtual camera to feed processed video into other apps
- you want built-in effects, multi-camera management, and multi-destination streaming in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need a virtual camera on macOS or Android, which is not supported
- you need professional multi-source scene compositing like OBS provides
- you require a permissive license, since Webcamoid is GPL-3.0

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui, streaming
- domain: media, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: webcam, virtual-camera, screen-recording, live-streaming, camera-effects, qt, linux, macos, android, desktop

## Member repositories
- webcamoid/webcamoid (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.329648+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 2026-08-30T02:25:09.549100+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.329648+00:00, sha caee5a44b30c)
  - homepage: https://webcamoid.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:11.335063+00:00, sha e8f3daf9502f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.