obsproject/obs-studio
Jun 2024 – May 2026
20 Months active
Languages Used
C++CMakeCcmakeYAMLShellyamlXML
Technical Skills
Build ConfigurationC++ developmentCMakeCross-Platform DevelopmentQt frameworkcross-platform development
Ryan Foster
PROFILE
Ryan Foster
Over 20 months, this developer contributed to the obsproject/obs-studio repository, focusing on cross-platform stability, build automation, and plugin compatibility. They delivered over 30 features and fixed 25 bugs, modernizing the CMake-based build system, refining CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing runtime reliability across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Their work included upgrading core dependencies, improving memory management, and ensuring ABI stability for plugins. Using C, C++, and shell scripting, they addressed issues in media playback, video capture, and UI components, while streamlining release workflows and artifact handling. Their disciplined approach improved reproducibility, reduced maintenance overhead, and supported smoother, safer releases.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
55%Features
Repository Contributions
143Total
Bugs
25
Commits
143
Features
30
Lines of code
1,745
Activity Months20
Your Network
94 peopleSame Organization
@obsproject.com5
Shared Repositories
89
Work History
May 2026
20 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio focused on closing CI/CD gaps and upgrading tooling to boost reliability, speed, and security. Delivered a comprehensive CI/CD modernization across GitHub Actions workflows, with systematic upgrades to core actions (checkout, cache, download-artifact, upload-artifact, and artifact merge actions) and migration away from legacy attest tooling toward actions/attest for improved provenance. Implemented deprecation mitigation for Node 20 warnings by updating actions (e.g., CyberAndrii/steam-totp, setup-steamcmd) and aligning to current action sources. This work reduces CI flakiness, accelerates PR validation and releases, and strengthens artifact handling and provenance in the pipeline.
20 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio focused on closing CI/CD gaps and upgrading tooling to boost reliability, speed, and security. Delivered a comprehensive CI/CD modernization across GitHub Actions workflows, with systematic upgrades to core actions (checkout, cache, download-artifact, upload-artifact, and artifact merge actions) and migration away from legacy attest tooling toward actions/attest for improved provenance. Implemented deprecation mitigation for Node 20 warnings by updating actions (e.g., CyberAndrii/steam-totp, setup-steamcmd) and aligning to current action sources. This work reduces CI flakiness, accelerates PR validation and releases, and strengthens artifact handling and provenance in the pipeline.
May 2026
April 2026
4 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026Month: 2026-04 — obsproject/obs-studio monthly summary focusing on stability, compatibility, and maintainability through targeted upgrades and refactors. Highlights include Obs-WebSocket plugin upgrade to 5.7.3 with Clang 21 compatibility, a lambda capture refactor to use this, and libobs patch upgrades to 32.1.1 and 32.1.2.
April 2026
4 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026Month: 2026-04 — obsproject/obs-studio monthly summary focusing on stability, compatibility, and maintainability through targeted upgrades and refactors. Highlights include Obs-WebSocket plugin upgrade to 5.7.3 with Clang 21 compatibility, a lambda capture refactor to use this, and libobs patch upgrades to 32.1.1 and 32.1.2.
March 2026
13 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 highlights strong reliability and quality improvements for obsproject/obs-studio. Key items include a critical bug fix for OBS WebSocket sources update by upgrading obs-websocket to 5.7.2, resolving issues with updating certain inputs via the websocket plugin. The update pipeline was hardened by ensuring the updates configuration folder is created even when the What's New feature flag is disabled, preventing update download failures. A major CI/CD stabilization effort was completed by pinning a broad set of GitHub Actions (including attest-build-provenance, cache, restore, checkout, upload-artifact, and related steps) to specific commit hashes to improve reproducibility and reduce drift. Overall impact: users experience more reliable updates and end-user features, while development and release processes benefit from deterministic builds, faster feedback, and reduced flaky pipelines. This supports safer releases and lower operational risk. Technologies/skills demonstrated: obs-websocket integration and version management (5.7.2), front-end update flow resilience, CI/CD hygiene and reproducible builds through precise action pinning, security-conscious workflow stabilization, and robust release governance.
13 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 highlights strong reliability and quality improvements for obsproject/obs-studio. Key items include a critical bug fix for OBS WebSocket sources update by upgrading obs-websocket to 5.7.2, resolving issues with updating certain inputs via the websocket plugin. The update pipeline was hardened by ensuring the updates configuration folder is created even when the What's New feature flag is disabled, preventing update download failures. A major CI/CD stabilization effort was completed by pinning a broad set of GitHub Actions (including attest-build-provenance, cache, restore, checkout, upload-artifact, and related steps) to specific commit hashes to improve reproducibility and reduce drift. Overall impact: users experience more reliable updates and end-user features, while development and release processes benefit from deterministic builds, faster feedback, and reduced flaky pipelines. This supports safer releases and lower operational risk. Technologies/skills demonstrated: obs-websocket integration and version management (5.7.2), front-end update flow resilience, CI/CD hygiene and reproducible builds through precise action pinning, security-conscious workflow stabilization, and robust release governance.
March 2026
February 2026
7 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly wrap-up for obs-studio: Strengthened release stability and platform compatibility while reducing maintenance overhead. Achieved reproducible release builds via tightened CMake and MSVC linker settings; stabilized system tray UI and Qt widgets to improve reliability and memory usage; fixed critical OBS Browser Plugin issues on POSIX by correcting local file path handling and reverting the custom scheme handler protocol to the expected behavior; removed legacy nvafx-load.h to streamline the codebase; added C++20 includes to OBSUpdate dialog for better compatibility with modern toolchains.
February 2026
7 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly wrap-up for obs-studio: Strengthened release stability and platform compatibility while reducing maintenance overhead. Achieved reproducible release builds via tightened CMake and MSVC linker settings; stabilized system tray UI and Qt widgets to improve reliability and memory usage; fixed critical OBS Browser Plugin issues on POSIX by correcting local file path handling and reverting the custom scheme handler protocol to the expected behavior; removed legacy nvafx-load.h to streamline the codebase; added C++20 includes to OBSUpdate dialog for better compatibility with modern toolchains.
January 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 focused on coordinated release work for OBS Studio, delivering targeted core and plug-in updates to improve stability and cross-platform compatibility. The main delivery was a library core minor version bump to 32.1.0 and an OBS Browser plugin update to 2.26.6, accompanied by build and compatibility fixes across Linux/macOS.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 focused on coordinated release work for OBS Studio, delivering targeted core and plug-in updates to improve stability and cross-platform compatibility. The main delivery was a library core minor version bump to 32.1.0 and an OBS Browser plugin update to 2.26.6, accompanied by build and compatibility fixes across Linux/macOS.
January 2026
December 2025
2 Commits
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: obsproject/obs-studio focused on LibOBS library patch upgrades, delivering two consecutive patch releases that move LibOBS from 2 to 4 and bump versions to 32.0.3 and 32.0.4. The changes address bug fixes and provide minor stability improvements, improving runtime reliability and plugin compatibility. Commits included: 9a8470355ffcd38a797f06dca70cfcc8f7c89100 and dcdbd2e9048ae66237fdab32dbba72b745b1b9c5.
December 2025
2 Commits
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: obsproject/obs-studio focused on LibOBS library patch upgrades, delivering two consecutive patch releases that move LibOBS from 2 to 4 and bump versions to 32.0.3 and 32.0.4. The changes address bug fixes and provide minor stability improvements, improving runtime reliability and plugin compatibility. Commits included: 9a8470355ffcd38a797f06dca70cfcc8f7c89100 and dcdbd2e9048ae66237fdab32dbba72b745b1b9c5.
October 2025
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 - Monthly Work Summary (obsproject/obs-studio) Key features delivered: - Libobs API Patch Version Bump to 32.0.2: Updated the API patch version header from 1 to 2 to reflect minor internal changes and bug fixes in the 32.0.2 release. This aligns the public API surface with the latest fixes and reduces the risk of API incompatibilities for downstream plugins and components. Major bugs fixed: - Addressed API versioning inconsistency by bumping the Libobs API patch version to 32.0.2, ensuring stable compatibility and predictable behavior for dependent modules. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved stability and reliability for the OBS Studio platform by ensuring API version consistency with the latest fixes. - Enhanced release hygiene through proper patch versioning, facilitating smoother plugin compatibility checks and downstream maintenance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Semantic versioning and header-level API version management - Change tracing and commit-level accountability (single commit: libobs: Update version to 32.0.2; hash: c025f210d36ada93c6b9ef2affd0f671b34c9775) - Release readiness and release-note alignment for a minor patch release
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 - Monthly Work Summary (obsproject/obs-studio) Key features delivered: - Libobs API Patch Version Bump to 32.0.2: Updated the API patch version header from 1 to 2 to reflect minor internal changes and bug fixes in the 32.0.2 release. This aligns the public API surface with the latest fixes and reduces the risk of API incompatibilities for downstream plugins and components. Major bugs fixed: - Addressed API versioning inconsistency by bumping the Libobs API patch version to 32.0.2, ensuring stable compatibility and predictable behavior for dependent modules. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved stability and reliability for the OBS Studio platform by ensuring API version consistency with the latest fixes. - Enhanced release hygiene through proper patch versioning, facilitating smoother plugin compatibility checks and downstream maintenance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Semantic versioning and header-level API version management - Change tracing and commit-level accountability (single commit: libobs: Update version to 32.0.2; hash: c025f210d36ada93c6b9ef2affd0f671b34c9775) - Release readiness and release-note alignment for a minor patch release
October 2025
September 2025
12 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary focusing on cross-platform stability, plugin compatibility, and ABI integrity for obs-studio. Key outcomes include restored Qt5 plugin loading compatibility across Qt5/Qt6 by reverting restrictive checks and adjusting loading behavior; reestablished Linux library ABI stability with SOVERSION and backward-compatible symlinks; enhanced Windows OOM crash reporting to raise a specific EXCEPTION_OUTOFMEMORY in release builds for clearer crash stacks; and updated embedded subprojects (obs-browser, obs-websocket) with API patch level alignment (libobs updated) to preserve ABI compatibility.
September 2025
12 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary focusing on cross-platform stability, plugin compatibility, and ABI integrity for obs-studio. Key outcomes include restored Qt5 plugin loading compatibility across Qt5/Qt6 by reverting restrictive checks and adjusting loading behavior; reestablished Linux library ABI stability with SOVERSION and backward-compatible symlinks; enhanced Windows OOM crash reporting to raise a specific EXCEPTION_OUTOFMEMORY in release builds for clearer crash stacks; and updated embedded subprojects (obs-browser, obs-websocket) with API patch level alignment (libobs updated) to preserve ABI compatibility.
August 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025Month: 2025-08. Focused on crash diagnosability, UI stability, and CI/dependency modernization. Delivered dedicated out-of-memory crash signaling (os_oom) and its integration in the allocator; reverted a Qt dock restore workaround after Qt fixes to reduce UI fragility; upgraded core dependencies (obs-browser to 2.26.0) and tooling; released a major API/ABI shift with libobs 32.0.0.
6 Commits • 4 Features
Aug 1, 2025Month: 2025-08. Focused on crash diagnosability, UI stability, and CI/dependency modernization. Delivered dedicated out-of-memory crash signaling (os_oom) and its integration in the allocator; reverted a Qt dock restore workaround after Qt fixes to reduce UI fragility; upgraded core dependencies (obs-browser to 2.26.0) and tooling; released a major API/ABI shift with libobs 32.0.0.
August 2025
July 2025
18 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 highlights for obsproject/obs-studio: key releases and stability work delivered this month driving reliable releases and improved streaming reliability for end users. Key items include OBS Subprojects Version Upgrades, Linux Rendering Stability (CEF) Update, CI Release Channel Stabilization and Infrastructure, and Core Dependency Updates for Streaming Stability. Delivered changes reduce release risk, enhance streaming compatibility, and lay groundwork for faster, more predictable releases across platforms.
July 2025
18 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 highlights for obsproject/obs-studio: key releases and stability work delivered this month driving reliable releases and improved streaming reliability for end users. Key items include OBS Subprojects Version Upgrades, Linux Rendering Stability (CEF) Update, CI Release Channel Stabilization and Infrastructure, and Core Dependency Updates for Streaming Stability. Delivered changes reduce release risk, enhance streaming compatibility, and lay groundwork for faster, more predictable releases across platforms.
June 2025
14 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 — Key features delivered: - Windows Architecture-aware Artifact Lifecycle and Signing: architecture labeling, architecture-specific artifact paths, and signing/unzip steps tailored for x64 and arm64. - OBS Studio Submodule Updates: translations/UI improvements via obs-browser 2.25.1 and obs-websocket 5.6.1. - macOS Compatibility and Build Stability: macOS 12 deployment target, CI enforcement of macOS 12, macOS runner upgrade to macos-15, and rebuilt CEF to mitigate memory-allocation crashes. - CI Workflow Maintenance: unpinning upload-artifact to v4.3.5 and updating Windows signing workflow references. Major bugs fixed: - Steam upload issue in Windows artifacts resolved. - macOS memory-allocation crashes addressed by rebuilt CEF. - CI/signing workflow stability improvements and unpinning to a general v4 tag. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Achieved cross-platform release reliability with architecture-aware packaging and secure, architecture-specific signing, reducing release risk and accelerating delivery. - Submodule refresh aligns with translations and UI improvements, improving user experience and compatibility. - CI stability enhancements reduce flaky builds and maintenance overhead, enabling faster release cycles. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - CI/CD optimization and maintenance, architecture-aware packaging, Windows/x64 and arm64 handling, rclone usage, macOS CI, CEF rebuilding, and Git submodule management.
14 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 — Key features delivered: - Windows Architecture-aware Artifact Lifecycle and Signing: architecture labeling, architecture-specific artifact paths, and signing/unzip steps tailored for x64 and arm64. - OBS Studio Submodule Updates: translations/UI improvements via obs-browser 2.25.1 and obs-websocket 5.6.1. - macOS Compatibility and Build Stability: macOS 12 deployment target, CI enforcement of macOS 12, macOS runner upgrade to macos-15, and rebuilt CEF to mitigate memory-allocation crashes. - CI Workflow Maintenance: unpinning upload-artifact to v4.3.5 and updating Windows signing workflow references. Major bugs fixed: - Steam upload issue in Windows artifacts resolved. - macOS memory-allocation crashes addressed by rebuilt CEF. - CI/signing workflow stability improvements and unpinning to a general v4 tag. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Achieved cross-platform release reliability with architecture-aware packaging and secure, architecture-specific signing, reducing release risk and accelerating delivery. - Submodule refresh aligns with translations and UI improvements, improving user experience and compatibility. - CI stability enhancements reduce flaky builds and maintenance overhead, enabling faster release cycles. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - CI/CD optimization and maintenance, architecture-aware packaging, Windows/x64 and arm64 handling, rclone usage, macOS CI, CEF rebuilding, and Git submodule management.
June 2025
May 2025
16 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: Focus on stability, reliability, and release efficiency across Windows and cross-platform builds. Delivered targeted stability fixes, updated core dependencies, and enhanced CI/CD processes while expanding localization capabilities. These changes improve user experience, cross-platform reliability, and release velocity.
May 2025
16 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: Focus on stability, reliability, and release efficiency across Windows and cross-platform builds. Delivered targeted stability fixes, updated core dependencies, and enhanced CI/CD processes while expanding localization capabilities. These changes improve user experience, cross-platform reliability, and release velocity.
April 2025
2 Commits
Apr 1, 2025In Apr 2025, obsproject/obs-studio focused on stability and build reliability. Key work delivered includes targeted fixes to prevent runtime crashes in media playback and a more reliable build pipeline by addressing LuaJIT fetch failures through a GitHub mirror.
2 Commits
Apr 1, 2025In Apr 2025, obsproject/obs-studio focused on stability and build reliability. Key work delivered includes targeted fixes to prevent runtime crashes in media playback and a more reliable build pipeline by addressing LuaJIT fetch failures through a GitHub mirror.
April 2025
March 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-03 (obsproject/obs-studio): This month focused on stabilizing the cross-platform build and release readiness while enhancing runtime stability through targeted subproject upgrades. The team modernized the CI/CD pipeline to improve build reliability across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and aligned library/API versions to support a clean release (31.0.3). Stability improvements were achieved on macOS via a rebuilt CEF to mitigate memory allocation crashes, and crash-handling enhancements were integrated in the OBS Browser and WebSocket subprojects to reduce crash vectors in Studio mode and general usage. The work positions OBS Studio for smoother releases, fewer post-release hotfixes, and a better developer and end-user experience.
March 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-03 (obsproject/obs-studio): This month focused on stabilizing the cross-platform build and release readiness while enhancing runtime stability through targeted subproject upgrades. The team modernized the CI/CD pipeline to improve build reliability across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and aligned library/API versions to support a clean release (31.0.3). Stability improvements were achieved on macOS via a rebuilt CEF to mitigate memory allocation crashes, and crash-handling enhancements were integrated in the OBS Browser and WebSocket subprojects to reduce crash vectors in Studio mode and general usage. The work positions OBS Studio for smoother releases, fewer post-release hotfixes, and a better developer and end-user experience.
February 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (obsproject/obs-studio) — Delivered core stability and maintenance improvements across the build system, runtime capture, and dependency management. Key outcomes include modernizing CMake build flags to remove deprecated usage while preserving ARC settings, fixing a potential crash in Win-DShow when frame dimensions are zero, and updating obs-websocket and obs-browser to current secure versions, resulting in more reliable builds, fewer runtime crashes, and a stronger security posture.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (obsproject/obs-studio) — Delivered core stability and maintenance improvements across the build system, runtime capture, and dependency management. Key outcomes include modernizing CMake build flags to remove deprecated usage while preserving ARC settings, fixing a potential crash in Win-DShow when frame dimensions are zero, and updating obs-websocket and obs-browser to current secure versions, resulting in more reliable builds, fewer runtime crashes, and a stronger security posture.
February 2025
January 2025
3 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly recap for obsproject/obs-studio focused on CI reliability, stability improvements, and maintenance updates. The month delivered fixes that reduced nightly CI flakiness and aligned library versioning for smoother releases.
January 2025
3 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly recap for obsproject/obs-studio focused on CI reliability, stability improvements, and maintenance updates. The month delivered fixes that reduced nightly CI flakiness and aligned library versioning for smoother releases.
December 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Focused CI/CD maintenance for obsproject/obs-studio to stabilize the build pipeline and protect development velocity while investigation of static analysis configuration continued. Implemented a temporary disablement of the PVS-Studio static analysis step in the CI workflow, preventing execution and reducing CI noise without impacting core features.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Focused CI/CD maintenance for obsproject/obs-studio to stabilize the build pipeline and protect development velocity while investigation of static analysis configuration continued. Implemented a temporary disablement of the PVS-Studio static analysis step in the CI workflow, preventing execution and reducing CI noise without impacting core features.
December 2024
November 2024
7 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024Nov 2024 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: delivered substantial codebase hygiene improvements and packaging reliability improvements that reduce maintenance overhead and minimize risk of regressions across platforms.
November 2024
7 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024Nov 2024 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: delivered substantial codebase hygiene improvements and packaging reliability improvements that reduce maintenance overhead and minimize risk of regressions across platforms.
October 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: Dependency hygiene and stability-focused month. Delivered a non-functional obs-websocket subproject version update (version pointer) to 5.5.4, aligning internal components and improving build reproducibility and plugin compatibility. No user-facing features or critical bug fixes were introduced this month.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for obsproject/obs-studio: Dependency hygiene and stability-focused month. Delivered a non-functional obs-websocket subproject version update (version pointer) to 5.5.4, aligning internal components and improving build reproducibility and plugin compatibility. No user-facing features or critical bug fixes were introduced this month.
October 2024
June 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2024June 2024 monthly summary for obs-studio focused on feature delivery and build reliability improvements. Key features delivered: - Qt 6.5+ Platform Integration Enhancements: Refactored OBSApp to utilize QNativeInterface for improved cross-platform compatibility in Qt 6.5+ and to reduce reliance on deprecated interfaces. Commit: 840ca8e0d9ec235c3088d52caa57a1c058b41907. Major bugs fixed: - Build robustness: Correct DLL Classification and Copy: Extended filename checks to exclude specific DLLs that should not be marked as Debug, ensuring necessary DLLs are included in the build process. Commit: f590a35bf74cba94bab3bcc886f959babe4b6585. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved cross-platform compatibility and build reliability, reducing runtime issues and CI/build failures, and enabling broader platform support for OBS Studio. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Qt 6.5+, QNativeInterface usage - CMake build configuration and DLL handling - Debugging, refactoring for compatibility
June 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2024June 2024 monthly summary for obs-studio focused on feature delivery and build reliability improvements. Key features delivered: - Qt 6.5+ Platform Integration Enhancements: Refactored OBSApp to utilize QNativeInterface for improved cross-platform compatibility in Qt 6.5+ and to reduce reliance on deprecated interfaces. Commit: 840ca8e0d9ec235c3088d52caa57a1c058b41907. Major bugs fixed: - Build robustness: Correct DLL Classification and Copy: Extended filename checks to exclude specific DLLs that should not be marked as Debug, ensuring necessary DLLs are included in the build process. Commit: f590a35bf74cba94bab3bcc886f959babe4b6585. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved cross-platform compatibility and build reliability, reducing runtime issues and CI/build failures, and enabling broader platform support for OBS Studio. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Qt 6.5+, QNativeInterface usage - CMake build configuration and DLL handling - Debugging, refactoring for compatibility
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Quality Metrics
Correctness94.2%
Maintainability94.6%
Architecture92.6%
Performance91.6%
AI Usage20.8%
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