The company behind OBS Studio
OBS Project
OBS Studio is made by the OBS Project, an open-source project run by volunteer contributors and released under the GPLv2 licence. It takes no payment for the software and is paid for by donations and company sponsorships through Open Collective and Patreon.
obsproject.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
OBS Studio at a glance
- Founded
- 2012
- Team
- Volunteer contributors around the world working in their free time; the project gives no headcount
- Ownership
- Community project
Who runs OBS Studio
The people OBS Project names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
OBS Studio funding
Paid for by donations rather than a funding round. Its contribute page asks for recurring money through Open Collective, which it says funds core contributors, and through Patreon, which it says goes to the OBS Project business account for core developers and administrative costs. Company sponsors pledge at published tiers. obsproject.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Community project. An open-source project with no company selling the software. Its help page says OBS is developed by volunteer contributors around the world in their free time, and its footer says the OBS trademarks are registered to Wizards of OBS LLC. obsproject.com
- Founded
- 2012 obsproject.com
- Team
- Volunteer contributors around the world working in their free time; the project gives no headcount obsproject.com
OBS Studio on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/OBSProject
- Facebookfacebook.com/OpenBroadcasterSoftware
- Discorddiscord.gg/obsproject
- GitHubgithub.com/obsproject/obs-studio
Only accounts OBS Project links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
OBS Studio news and launches
- Jul 21, 2026OBS Studio 32.2 Release Notes
- Apr 2, 2026OBS Studio 32.1 Release Notes
- Sep 22, 2025OBS Studio 32.0 Release Notes
- Mar 28, 2025OBS Studio 31.0 Release Notes
Media kit
The OBS Project media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by OBS Project.
Questions about OBS Studio the company
Who runs OBS Studio?
OBS Project's pages name Lain (Creator and maintainer). None of them is named as chief executive on the pages read, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
When was OBS Studio founded?
OBS Project was founded in 2012, according to obsproject.com.
How much funding has OBS Studio raised?
Paid for by donations rather than a funding round. Its contribute page asks for recurring money through Open Collective, which it says funds core contributors, and through Patreon, which it says goes to the OBS Project business account for core developers and administrative costs. Company sponsors pledge at published tiers.
What is OBS Studio's valuation?
No valuation was found in OBS Project's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns OBS Studio?
An open-source project with no company selling the software. Its help page says OBS is developed by volunteer contributors around the world in their free time, and its footer says the OBS trademarks are registered to Wizards of OBS LLC.
How many people work at OBS Studio?
Volunteer contributors around the world working in their free time; the project gives no headcount.
Is OBS Studio on social media?
OBS Project links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), Facebook, Discord and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from OBS Project's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from OBS Project’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.