The Best Owncast Alternatives in 2026

Streamer.bot connects live stream automation with Twitch, YouTube, Kick, OBS Studio, Streamlabs, and other services.

Restreamer receives video from OBS and publishes livestreams to services such as YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo from a self-hosted server.

Chat Downloader retrieves chat messages from livestreams, videos, clips, and past broadcasts without authentication, with Python installation options.

real-url retrieves stream addresses and live chat from dozens of streaming platforms for use in players such as PotPlayer and flv.js.

Moblin provides an iOS app for livestreaming in real life, according to its repository description.

LiveStreamDVR automatically records livestreams, according to its repository description.

This repository collects tools for live streaming, including software for broadcast, video, audio, and production workflows.

Full featured Twitch chat alternative to fill gaps from the official one.

Streamlabs Desktop is free, open source streaming software built with OBS and Electron.

The OBS background removal plugin removes backgrounds in portrait video so they can be replaced during recording or streaming.

OBS-web controls OBS remotely from a browser, with scene switching and controls for starting or stopping a stream or recording.

OBS Blade uses the OBS WebSocket plugin to control streams and recordings from a separate app built with Flutter.

gInk is Windows software for annotating the screen during presentations, demonstrations, or other work beside on-screen content.

RePlays automatically records detected games and includes a clip editor for quickly sharing video highlights.

ScreenREC is a web-based screen recorder; its repository describes a privacy-focused project with no ads, time limits, or data collection.

vokoscreenNG is a screencast creator for Windows and Linux that records the screen, an area, or a window (Linux only), with audio from multiple sources and built-in camera support.

Strem automates streamer workflows by connecting triggers and tasks to actions in other apps, with Windows listed as its official platform.

This Windows screen annotation project is a fork of gInk, according to its repository description.

LiveDraw lets users draw or mark over the screen in real time while presenting dynamic content, according to its repository description.

OBS Studio is free, open source software for video recording and live streaming, with encoding for H.264 and AAC.

ShareX captures or records screen areas and shares them, and can upload images, text, and other files to selected destinations.

Segra records gameplay through OBS and can automatically clip highlights across supported games; its page describes it as free and open source.

NVIDIA Broadcast applies AI effects such as noise removal and virtual backgrounds to livestreams, voice chats, and video calls.