Collection of tools for livestreaming, with sections for OBS plugins, overlays, desktop and mobile apps, web tools, Twitch extensions, and a livestreaming glossary.
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Streaming & Recording Tools
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StreamElements is a platform for live streaming on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook gaming. It offers overlays, tipping, a chatbot and alerts, and provides free customizable alerts and widgets for live streamers. The chatbot for Twitch and YouTube runs commands and timers and moderates chat with spam filters.
Live-streaming software and creator tools for alerts, overlays, tipping, and production.
r/streamerbot is a Reddit community or thread with discussion, guides, updates, or shared resources.
AnnotateWeb is a free web annotation tool that lets users mark up any public webpage with highlighters, shapes and text, then share the session through a link or export it as a PNG image. It requires no sign-up or install, and sessions are private, accessible only through their unique link.
Cap is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Cursorful is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
FFmpeg is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Medal is a game clip capture app for PC and mobile that records gameplay, edits clips, and shares them via instant links. It runs in the background pressing a button to save recent footage, with multi-track audio for game, mic and Discord, and available for Windows, iOS and Android. A free tier exists with optional paid premium features.
MeldStudio is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
MythTV is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Overlays is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server that works with existing broadcasting software. Users point their live stream at an Owncast server they control. It includes built-in chat with moderation tools and custom emotes, custom branding and domain options, notifications, and fediverse support. It runs on the user's own server with standard streaming protocols.
Recordly is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
RecordScreen is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Restream is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Segra is a free, open-source game recorder built on OBS that records games in the background at up to 4K and 144 FPS. It can automatically clip kills and highlights across 17 supported games, and users can cut and upload clips.
Shar.ec is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Shinobi is an open-source video management system written in Node.js for recording and viewing camera streams. It runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, supports RTSP cameras and offers live stream display in a web browser. The project also provides video recording management, a tiered user system and motion detection.
Songify is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
Streamer.bot is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
StreamerFreebies is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
StreamRecorder is a video tool for encoding, conversion, repair, playback, editing, or processing workflows.
TikFinity is a streaming tool for TikTok LIVE that provides interactive widgets, sound alerts and text-to-speech. Features can be used in TikTok LIVE Studio, OBS Studio, Streamlabs OBS and other streaming software. The tools are described as free to use. Game integrations for Minecraft and GTA 5 let viewers trigger actions by sending gifts.
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StreamElements
Features
- Overlays, Tipping, Chatbot, Alerts Source: streamelements.com
AnnotateWeb
Features
- share a permanent link that works on any device Source: annotateweb.com
Medal
Features
- Medal is completely free on PC and mobile, with optional premium paid features. Source: medal.tv
Segra
Features
- Free, open-source game recorder built on OBS Source: segra.tv
- Record up to 4K at 144 FPS Source: segra.tv