obsws-cli

A command line interface for OBS Websocket v5

For an outline of past/future changes refer to: CHANGELOG

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Configuration
• Commands
• License

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or greater
• OBS Studio 28+

Installation

with uv

uv tool install obsws-cli

with pipx

pipx install obsws-cli

The CLI should now be discoverable as obsws-cli

Configuration

Flags

Pass --host, --port and --password as flags to the root command, for example:

obsws-cli --host=localhost --port=4455 --password=<websocket password> --help

Environment Variables

Store and load environment variables from:

• A .env file in the cwd
• user home directory / .config / obsws-cli / obsws.env

OBS_HOST=localhost
OBS_PORT=4455
OBS_PASSWORD=<websocket password>

Flags can be used to override environment variables.

Root Typer

• version: Get the OBS Client and WebSocket versions.

obsws-cli version

Sub Typers

Scene

• list: List all scenes.

obsws-cli scene list

• current: Get the current program scene.

obsws-cli scene current

• switch: Switch to a scene.
  • args: <scene_name>

obsws-cli scene switch LIVE

Scene Item

• list: List all items in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem list LIVE

• show: Show an item in a scene.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name

  • args: <scene_name> <item_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem show START "Colour Source"

• hide: Hide an item in a scene.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name

  • args: <scene_name> <item_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem hide START "Colour Source"

• toggle: Toggle an item in a scene.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name

  • args: <scene_name> <item_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem toggle --parent=test_group START "Colour Source 3"

• visible: Check if an item in a scene is visible.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name

  • args: <scene_name> <item_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem visible --parent=test_group START "Colour Source 4"

• transform: Set the transform of an item in a scene.
  • flags: optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

    • --alignment: Alignment of the item in the scene

    • --bounds-alignment: Bounds alignment of the item in the scene

    • --bounds-height: Height of the item in the scene

    • --bounds-type: Type of bounds for the item in the scene

    • --bounds-width: Width of the item in the scene

    • --crop-to-bounds: Crop the item to the bounds

    • --crop-bottom: Bottom crop of the item in the scene

    • --crop-left: Left crop of the item in the scene

    • --crop-right: Right crop of the item in the scene

    • --crop-top: Top crop of the item in the scene

    • --position-x: X position of the item in the scene

    • --position-y: Y position of the item in the scene

    • --scale-x: X scale of the item in the scene

    • --scale-y: Y scale of the item in the scene

  • args: <scene_name> <item_name>

obsws-cli sceneitem transform \
    --rotation=5 \
    --position-x=250.8 \
    Scene "Colour Source 3"

Scene Collections

• list: List all scene collections.

obsws-cli scenecollection list

• current: Get the current scene collection.

obsws-cli scenecollection current

• switch: Switch to a scene collection.
  • args: <scene_collection_name>

obsws-cli scenecollection switch test-collection

• create: Create a new scene collection.
  • args: <scene_collection_name>

obsws-cli scenecollection create test-collection

Group

• list: List groups in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name>

obsws-cli group list START

• show: Show a group in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name> <group_name>

obsws-cli group show START "test_group"

• hide: Hide a group in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name> <group_name>

obsws-cli group hide START "test_group"

• toggle: Toggle a group in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name> <group_name>

obsws-cli group toggle START "test_group"

• status: Get the status of a group in a scene.
  • args: <scene_name> <group_name>

obsws-cli group status START "test_group"

Input

• list: List all inputs.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --input: Filter by input type.
    • --output: Filter by output type.
    • --colour: Filter by colour source type.

obsws-cli input list

obsws-cli input list --input --colour

• mute: Mute an input.
  • args: <input_name>

obsws-cli input mute "Mic/Aux"

• unmute: Unmute an input.
  • args: <input_name>

obsws-cli input unmute "Mic/Aux"

• toggle: Toggle an input.

obsws-cli input toggle "Mic/Aux"

Record

• start: Start recording.

obsws-cli record start

• stop: Stop recording.

obsws-cli record stop

• status: Get recording status.

obsws-cli record status

• toggle: Toggle recording.

obsws-cli record toggle

• resume: Resume recording.

obsws-cli record resume

• pause: Pause recording.

obsws-cli record pause

Stream

• start: Start streaming.

obsws-cli stream start

• stop: Stop streaming.

obsws-cli stream stop

• status: Get streaming status.

obsws-cli stream status

• toggle: Toggle streaming.

obsws-cli stream toggle

Profile

• list: List profiles.

obsws-cli profile list

• current: Get the current profile.

obsws-cli profile current

• switch: Switch to a profile.
  • args: <profile_name>

obsws-cli profile switch test-profile

• create: Create a new profile.
  • args: <profile_name>

obsws-cli profile create test-profile

• remove: Remove a profile.
  • args: <profile_name>

obsws-cli profile remove test-profile

Replay Buffer

• start: Start the replay buffer.

obsws-cli replaybuffer start

• stop: Stop the replay buffer.

obsws-cli replaybuffer stop

• status: Get the status of the replay buffer.

obsws-cli replaybuffer status

• save: Save the replay buffer.

obsws-cli replaybuffer save

Studio Mode

• enable: Enable studio mode.

obsws-cli studiomode enable

• disable: Disable studio mode.

obsws-cli studiomode disable

• toggle: Toggle studio mode.

obsws-cli studiomode toggle

• status: Get the status of studio mode.

obsws-cli studiomode status

Virtual Cam

• start: Start virtual camera.

obsws-cli virtualcam start

• stop: Stop virtual camera.

obsws-cli virtualcam stop

• toggle: Toggle virtual camera.

obsws-cli virtualcam toggle

• status: Get the status of the virtual camera.

obsws-cli virtualcam status

License

obsws-cli is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.