Go live from your browser: no OBS, no downloads, no follower minimum#

You can start a live stream on OpenVibe.Live from a web browser, with nothing to install and no follower, subscriber or equipment requirement. Open the site, press Go Live, allow your camera and microphone, and you are live. It works on a Chromebook, a laptop or a phone. OpenVibe.Live is open source and run by its community.

How to go live in your browser#

1. Open openvibe.live in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
2. Sign in, or make an account. It takes a minute, and your channel exists as soon as you do (openvibe.live/@yourname).
3. Press Go Live in the top bar.
4. Allow your camera and microphone when the browser asks.
5. Give the stream a title and press Start. You are live, with your own channel page and chat.

What you need#

• A modern browser: Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, Android or iOS.
• A camera and a microphone: the ones built into your laptop or phone are enough. You can also share your screen instead of a camera.
• An OpenVibe account.

You don't need any of the following:

• Software: no OBS, Streamlabs or plug-ins.
• An audience: no minimum number of followers or subscribers, and no history of past streams.
• Equipment: no capture card or gaming PC.

What you can do while live#

• Switch cameras: front and back on a phone, or any connected webcam.
• Share your screen, a window or a tab. You can also show your camera as a picture-in-picture over it.
• Mute your microphone or turn off your camera without ending the stream.
• Watch your stream's health: bitrate, frame rate and resolution.
• Chat with viewers on the same page. Your stream can be kept as a VOD, and people can clip it.

Your stream reaches viewers over WebRTC, with less than a second of delay. That is fast enough for a real conversation with chat, and for viewers to control a robot or camera in real time.

When to use OBS instead#

The browser is the fastest way to start. For a produced show with scenes, overlays and several sources, OpenVibe.Live also takes OBS or any RTMP encoder, WHIP (OBS 30+, ffmpeg, GStreamer or your own web page) and ffmpeg from a command line, such as from a Raspberry Pi. See Broadcasting for every method, and the WHIP ingest API to publish from your own site.

Questions#

Can I stream without OBS? Yes. OpenVibe.Live has a browser broadcaster built in. Press Go Live and allow your camera and microphone.

Do I need followers or subscribers to go live? No. Every account can go live from the first minute. There is no follower, subscriber, age-of-account or past-stream requirement.

Can I stream from a Chromebook or a phone? Yes. The broadcaster runs in the browser, so it works on ChromeOS, Android and iOS as well as Windows, macOS and Linux.

Can I share my screen? Yes. Share a screen, a window or a browser tab, with or without your camera over it.

Is there a delay? Browser broadcasts use WebRTC, with less than a second of delay.

Is it open source? Yes. The code is at github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live, and the platform is part of the OpenVibe network: one account works across all of its sites.

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