Streamlabs

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Streamlabs
FormerlyTwitchAlerts
Industry Software
FoundersTom Maneri; Ali Moiz; Murtaza Hussain
Products
  • Streamlabs Desktop
  • Crossclip
  • Willow
  • Melon
  • Oslo
  • Streamlabs Charity
Parent Logitech
Website streamlabs.com   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Streamlabs (formerly TwitchAlerts) is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 2014 and distributes a variety of software centered around live streaming and content creation.

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History

Streamlabs was founded in 2014 as TwitchAlerts, a fork of OBS Studio that gave streamers the tools to add on-screen visual alerts that are triggered by viewer interactions such as new following, subscribing, and donating. [1]

TwitchAlerts had no official affiliation with Twitch, and was later renamed to Streamlabs in 2016. Logitech purchased the company for $89 million on September 26, 2019. [2] [3]

Products

Streamlabs Desktop (formerly Streamlabs OBS) is a free and open-source streaming software that is based on a fork of OBS Studio. Electron is used as the software framework for the user interface. [4] Streamlabs distributes the user's content over platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. [2] [5]

Crossclip is a video converter website that allows users to convert, edit and share live streaming content across multiple platforms. [6]

Willow is a link-in-bio link tool designed to help users increase revenue and make their links more discoverable. It includes a tipping feature and allows users to tip directly on the page. [7]

Melon is a browser-based podcast live streaming platform. Users can broadcast their live streams to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, or a custom RTMP destination. [8]

Oslo is a video review and collaboration tool. Users can upload and share projects in the cloud, and Oslo's project management and annotation tools provide ways for teams to receive and review feedback, as well as upload videos to YouTube. [9]

Streamlabs Charity is a free fundraising platform that assists charities in raising funds and connecting with streamers. Excluding standard processing fees, the platform takes no cut from donations, allowing all proceeds to go to charity. [10] [11]

Criticism

On November 16, 2021, Streamlabs released 'Streamlabs Studio', a cloud capture software for the Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and the Xbox Series X. [12] After the release, the streaming service Lightstream accused Streamlabs of plagiarizing their promotional materials. [12] [13] Later that same day, the OBS Studio team claimed in a tweet that Streamlabs used the name "OBS" in their products despite OBS Studio already denying Streamlabs permission to use the name. This gave the false appearance of being in partnership with OBS Studio. [14]

OBS Studio's tweet resulted in Twitch streamers, including Pokimane and Hasan Piker, threatening a boycott of their product if changes were not made. [15] Other companies, such as Elgato and 1UpCoin, have also spoken up on Twitter about Streamlabs copying their products. [16] [17] The company subsequently removed the name "OBS" from their products. [18] [19]

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  1. ↑ Perez, Sarah (February 23, 2021). "Streamlabs launches a 'link in bio' website builder that includes tipping". Techcrunch. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ballard, John (November 3, 2019). "Logitech Is Making an $89 Million Bet on Game Streaming" . Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Peters, Jay (September 26, 2019). "Logitech is buying Streamlabs for $89 million" . Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Streamlabs OBS V1 is Officially Here!". Streamlabs. Retrieved March 27, 2021. Electron, the desktop framework that powers our app
  5. ↑ Downing, Shane (December 14, 2018). "How these brothers run a gaming startup without sibling rivalry getting in the way" . Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ Hatmaker, Taylor (July 15, 2021). "Streamlabs launches Crossclip, a new tool for sharing Twitch clips to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube". Techcrunch. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
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  8. ↑ Boddy, Zachary (September 30, 2020). "Melon is a new service designed to make live podcasting much easier". Windows Central. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ Corden, Jez (October 1, 2020). "Say hi to 'Oslo', a new and essential collaborative team video editing tool". Windows Central. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  10. ↑ May, Ethan (November 25, 2019). "Streamlabs launches fundraising platform to raise millions for charities through live streaming". Streamlabs. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Start your next charity stream". Streamlabs Charity. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Streaming Flashback #1 Resolving the Streamlabs OBS and OBS Studio Naming Controversy: A Clash of Livestreaming Software". iReplay.TV. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
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  14. ↑ OBS [@OBSProject] (November 17, 2021). "Near the launch of SLOBS, @streamlabs reached out to us about using the OBS name. We kindly asked them not to. They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We've tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2023– via Twitter.
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  16. ↑ Elgato [@elgato] (November 16, 2021). "@Lightstream Know that feel. https://t.co/lqwWxL4pY9" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021– via Twitter.
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