Boatswaindetails
Native Stream Deck control for GNOME and other desktops.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak
Software directory
20 tools for streaming from a Linux desktop, each with install commands for Flatpak, apt, dnf, pacman, the AUR, zypper and Nix — and a straight answer about whether it works on Wayland.
Carladetails
Plugin host for LV2, VST and LADSPA effects in your audio chain.
Partial Wayland support
Flatpak · apt · dnf · pacman · Nix
Chatterinodetails
Native Twitch chat client that is far lighter than a browser tab.
Partial Wayland support
Flatpak · AUR · Nix
EasyEffectsdetails
Real-time effects chain for microphone and output, with presets.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak · apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
FFmpegdetails
The encoder underneath nearly everything else, and a capable streamer alone.
Not display-server dependent
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
Gamescopedetails
Micro-compositor that gives a game a stable, capturable window.
Works on Wayland
dnf · pacman · AUR · Nix
GPU Screen Recorderdetails
Shadowplay-style instant replay with genuinely low overhead.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak · AUR
Helvumdetails
Minimal GTK patchbay for PipeWire.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak · apt · dnf · pacman · Nix
MangoHuddetails
Performance overlay for checking whether encoding is costing you frames.
Works on Wayland
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
noise-suppression-for-voicedetails
RNNoise-based noise suppression as an LADSPA/LV2 plugin.
Not display-server dependent
AUR · Nix
OBS Studiodetails
The broadcast software almost every Linux stream is built on.
Partial Wayland support
Flatpak · apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
obs-backgroundremovaldetails
Background removal without a green screen, running locally.
Not display-server dependent
Flatpak
obs-vkcapturedetails
Low-overhead game capture for Vulkan and OpenGL, including under Wayland.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak · AUR · Nix
pavucontroldetails
The volume mixer that actually shows per-application streams.
Works on Wayland
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
PipeWiredetails
The audio and video server that made per-application stream audio practical.
Not display-server dependent
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
qpwgraphdetails
Patchbay for the PipeWire graph, with saveable layouts.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak · apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
StreamControllerdetails
Plugin-based Stream Deck controller with OBS and audio integration.
Works on Wayland
Flatpak
v4l2loopbackdetails
Kernel module that creates the virtual camera OBS outputs to.
Not display-server dependent
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
WeeChatdetails
Terminal chat client that speaks Twitch IRC.
Not display-server dependent
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
wf-recorderdetails
Command-line screen recording for wlroots compositors.
Works on Wayland
apt · dnf · pacman · zypper · Nix
Browse by category
- CaptureGetting screen, window, game and camera into your stream.
- Encoding & streamingEncoders, broadcast software and restreaming.
- AudioMixing, noise suppression, effects and monitoring.
- Audio routingPipeWire and JACK graph tools for per-application audio.
- Chat & interactionChat clients, bots and viewer interaction.
- UtilitiesEverything else that makes a Linux stream work.