VDO.Ninja

⚠ Notice! We've rebranded from OBS.Ninja to VDO.Ninja - all else is staying the same ✨

What is VDO.Ninja? 🚀

VDO.Ninja brings peer-to-peer video to OBS and other studio software, for remote cameras and guests:

• 🔒 Direct peer-to-peer video transfer in most cases
• ⚡ High-quality video with low latency
• 💪 Director control room with group chat
• 📱 Use a smartphone as a wireless webcam
• 🌐 Supports WHIP/WHEP and self-hosted SFUs (media servers)
• 🆓 Free software. Free managed services. Free support.

Get started 📝

Open VDO.Ninja in your browser and select Add your Camera to OBS.

• 🎥 Basic Intro Video
• 📺 YouTube Video Tutorials
• 📖 Getting Started Documentation
• 📚 Documentation and FAQ
• 📰 Recent product updates
• 🧯 Backup Deployment

Support

• 💬 Discord: live support, discussions, community exhibitions and feature updates. This is the best place for in-depth help.
• 🎯 Subreddit: Steve often gives a single-message answer to questions posted there.
• ✉️ Email [email protected] for urgent support or other inquiries.
• 📺 Steve's VDO.Ninja YouTube playlist. YouTube also has many community-made guides.

Alternative versions of VDO.Ninja

• 📱 Native iOS app — Apple App Store
• 📱 Native Android app — Google Play
• 🪟 Mixer App with custom layouts
• 🏹 WHIP/WHEP client
• 📈 Sharable Whiteboard
• 🕹️ ESports Feed Manager
• 🌃 Alpha version, updated nightly

Related Projects

Steve maintains these apps and services for VDO.Ninja and live production. The helper-app catalog has setup guides and more tools.

Capture and native integrations

Project	What it adds
Game Capture	Windows app that publishes games, app windows and Spout2 sources, with hardware encoding and window audio.
Ninja OBS Plugin	Publish from OBS, receive streams, and add room participants as OBS sources. OBS 32 on Windows, macOS and Linux; the native receiver and transparent Game Capture workflow are experimental.
Custom OBS builds with improved WHIP support	OBS fork with WHIP trickle ICE and better TURN connectivity. Builds of OBS 32.2.2 and OBS 33 beta for Windows, macOS and Linux; check each release's limitations.
Electron Capture	Desktop app for frameless playback and window capture of VDO.Ninja feeds and other web pages, as an alternative to an OBS Browser Source.
VDO.Ninja Video Capture Extension	Publish web videos, or a browser tab with audio. Needs Chrome or Chromium 116+; DRM-protected video cannot be captured.
Ninja VST3 Plugin	Send and receive VDO.Ninja audio in a DAW. Audio only; Windows-only and tested with Reaper.
Raspberry.Ninja	Publish or receive without a browser, using Python and GStreamer on Raspberry Pi, Linux, Jetson, macOS or WSL. Hardware encoding, WHIP output and computer-vision workflows.

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