v0.2.10 · macOS · Apple silicon
Go live everywhere,
in both formats.
Vidyst is a native Mac studio for live streaming and recording. Stream to YouTube and any RTMP destination, record crash-safe 4K, and produce horizontal and vertical video from one session.
- Native on Apple Silicon
- Hardware HEVC encode
- Crash-safe recording
- 14-day free trial
Pick a layout · add sources · go live on every destination
How it works
Three steps. No plugins.
- Step 1
Add sources
Pick a display, window, camera, microphone and system audio. Each is captured once, straight to the GPU.
- Step 2
Build scenes
Arrange sources into scenes for both canvases. Link them so a cut on horizontal cuts vertical too.
- Step 3
Go live and record
Hit Go Live. Vidyst streams to every destination and records a crash-safe master file at the same time.
Use cases
Made for every kind of show.
Live coding
Screen plus face cam at 4K for YouTube, a stacked vertical cut for Shorts and Reels, from the same session.
Music & creative
Per-source gain, mute and meters on a 10 ms mixer. Your synth sounds like your synth, not like a web call.
Podcasts & interviews
Record every mic and camera cleanly while you stream. Split long shows into gapless files as you go.
Tutorials & courses
Record in MP4, MOV or MKV with hardware HEVC. Edit-ready files land in the folders you choose.
Webinars & launches
Stream to YouTube and your own RTMPS endpoint at once, and answer questions from one merged chat.
Gaming & IRL
The compositor never blocks on the encoder, so the game keeps its frames while the stream keeps its bitrate.
Dual canvas
Wide and tall. One session.
Stop running two apps or cropping later. Vidyst renders a horizontal 4K60 canvas and a vertical 1080×1920 canvas side by side, from the same inputs, in real time.
- Captured once
- Every input is captured a single time and shared on the GPU with both canvases. No second copy, no extra CPU.
- Two program clocks
- Horizontal and vertical each render on their own Metal thread, so neither waits for the other.
- Linked scenes
- Link scenes across canvases and one take switches both, or keep them independent for different layouts.
Multistream & live chat
Every platform. One chat.
Connect your YouTube channel once and Vidyst creates, starts and ends the broadcast for you. Add any RTMP or RTMPS server alongside it and go live on all of them with one button.
What filter are you using on the pad?
The vertical crop is so clean
Joining from the site embed. Audio sounds amazing.
The tally
A glance is all it takes.
One status pill tells you what your show is doing, across every destination and every file, without opening a single panel.
Streaming to every destination at once.
Auto-cycling · click any phase to focus
Features
A broadcast truck, in one Mac app.
Metal compositor
One render thread per canvas on its own clock. IOSurface in and out, with no CPU copies.
Hardware encode
VideoToolbox HEVC and H.264 on the media engine. Encoding never blocks the render thread.
Crash-safe recording
Fragmented MP4, MOV or MKV with a fragment per keyframe. A crash never costs you the take.
Gapless file split
Roll over to a new file every N minutes without dropping a frame, written to every folder you choose.
Pro audio mixer
10 ms mixer on a time-constraint thread with per-source gain, mute and meters. AAC encoded once.
Transitions & masks
Crossfades with a set duration, circle camera masks and aspect-fill crops, all on the GPU.
Multistream
YouTube plus any RTMP or RTMPS destination at once. Vidyst creates and ends YouTube broadcasts for you.
Merged live chat
Every platform's chat in one panel. Pin, reply, hide, or put a message on stream.
Live telemetry
GPU, encoder load, dropped frames, disk speed, thermals and A/V drift, always in view.
Why Vidyst
Built for the way you actually stream.
Private by design.
Vidyst is a Mac app, not a cloud studio. Your cameras, screen and audio are processed on your Mac.
Your media stays on your Mac
Capture, compositing, encoding and recording all happen locally. Video only leaves your Mac for the destinations you choose.
No passwords in the app
Sign in with Apple, Google or email in your browser. The app receives short-lived, signed tokens and never sees a password.
Encrypted platform tokens
Your YouTube refresh token is AES-GCM encrypted on our server and never sent to your Mac. Stream keys are encrypted at rest.
Pricing
14 days on us.
- Start 14-day free trial
Basic
$10per month
Everything you need to go live and record on your Mac.
- Dual canvas: horizontal + vertical
- Recording in MP4, MOV and MKV
- Apple ProRes and multitrack audio
- 4K60 and hardware HEVC
- Merged live chat
- Multistream to 2 destinations at once
- Up to 2 guests in your room
- Start 14-day free trial
Creator
$35per month
Every destination at once and a bigger guest room.
- Everything in Basic
- Multistream to 7 destinations at once
- Up to 10 guests in your room
Billed in US dollars (USD) by Razorpay; your bank converts the charge if your card is in another currency. Cancel any time.
Quick start
From download to live.
- 01
Open the DMG
Double-click the downloaded file and drag Vidyst into your Applications folder.
- 02
Launch and sign in
Open Vidyst and sign in with Apple, Google or email in your browser. You'll be sent straight back to the app.
- 03
Grant permissions
Allow camera, microphone, screen recording and system audio once. macOS remembers them.
- 04
Go live
Connect YouTube or add an RTMP destination, pick a scene and press Go Live.
Requirements
- Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later)
- macOS 14.2 Sonoma or later
- 8 GB memory (16 GB recommended for 4K dual canvas)
- Internet connection for streaming and sign-in
FAQ
Common questions.
Vidyst is a native macOS studio for live streaming and recording. It composites your screen, cameras and audio on the GPU, streams to YouTube and any RTMP or RTMPS destination, and records crash-safe files, all from one app.
Vidyst runs on Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later) on macOS 14.2 Sonoma or later. It is built around the Apple silicon media engine and Metal, so Intel Macs are not supported.
Yes. Vidyst renders a horizontal canvas (up to 4K60) and a vertical canvas (1080×1920) from the same inputs. Each input is captured once and shared on the GPU, so the second canvas costs very little.
Connect your YouTube channel and Vidyst creates, starts and ends the broadcast for you. You can also add any RTMP or RTMPS server with a stream key, and send to several destinations at once.
Recordings are written as fragments, one per keyframe, so everything up to the moment of a crash or power loss stays playable. You can also split long sessions into gapless files.
MP4, MOV and MKV on every plan, with hardware HEVC or H.264, Apple ProRes and multitrack audio. Nothing about recording depends on your plan.
Only how big a show you can run. Both record and stream the same way, in every format. Basic streams to 2 destinations at once and holds 2 guests in your room; Creator streams to 7 and holds 10.
Yes. Both plans start with 14 days free, with everything the plan includes.
Vidyst covers the core OBS workflow of scenes, sources, streaming and recording, but is built only for Mac. It adds native dual canvas, managed YouTube broadcasts and merged chat without plugins.
Start streaming. Both ways.
Download Vidyst and go live on every platform, in both formats, from your Mac. First 14 days free.
Download for macOSRequires Apple silicon · macOS 14.2 or later · 14-day free trial