Vidyst is a live streaming studio for Mac. Stream, record and bring guests on from one app. Go live on YouTube, Twitch, Kick, X and Instagram at the same time, with a wide 16:9 canvas for YouTube and Twitch and a tall 9:16 canvas for vertical viewers on YouTube and Instagram, all from a single show.

Most creators juggle three or four tools to do this: one app to stream, a relay service to multistream, a browser studio for guests, and something else to record. Vidyst puts all of it in one native macOS app built for Apple silicon, so you set up your scene once and go live everywhere.

MULTISTREAM TO EVERY PLATFORM AT ONCE

Add YouTube, Twitch, Kick, X, Instagram or any custom RTMP server as a destination and start them all with one click. Vidyst streams straight from your Mac, so there is no cloud relay in the middle adding delay or a monthly fee. YouTube and custom RTMP go up to 4K at 60 fps, Twitch, Kick and X up to 1080p60, and Instagram in full 1080x1920 portrait.

WIDE AND TALL AT THE SAME TIME

Dual canvas lets you run a horizontal and a vertical layout side by side in the same show. Assign each destination to the canvas it needs: the wide one for YouTube and Twitch, the tall one for Instagram and YouTube vertical live. You don't have to crop afterwards or run a second stream, and each canvas can record to its own file, so you finish the show with a landscape video for YouTube and a vertical one ready to cut into Shorts, Reels and TikToks.

BRING GUESTS ON FROM THE BROWSER

Send a link and your guests join from their web browser. They don't download anything or create an account. Host up to 10 guests with their camera, mic and screen share, use guest layouts that rearrange themselves as people join and leave, and keep everyone in sync with built-in echo cancellation so their voices don't loop back into the stream.

ONE CHAT FOR YOUTUBE, TWITCH AND KICK

Read comments from YouTube, Twitch and Kick in a single merged feed inside the studio, and put any message on screen with one click. You can talk to every audience without switching tabs.

RECORD IN 4K, LOCALLY

Record while you stream, or record without going live at all for tutorials, podcasts and course videos. Recordings stay on your Mac in MP4, MOV or MKV, in H.264 or HEVC, up to 4K. If your Mac restarts in the middle of a show, the recording is saved, not lost.

STUDIO-QUALITY SOUND AND LAYOUTS

Clean up your mic with noise reduction, echo cancellation, a high-pass filter, compressor and leveler, and fix lip sync with mic delay. Choose from ready-made layouts and title cards for solo shows, interviews, screen shares and panels, and brand them with your own images and text. Vidyst also works as a virtual camera, so you can send your produced scene into Zoom, Google Meet or any app that takes a webcam.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Download Vidyst and sign in. Your 14-day trial starts right away.

2. Connect your channels: sign in to YouTube, Twitch or Kick, or paste a stream key for X, Instagram or any RTMP server.

3. Add your camera, mic, screen and guests, and pick a layout for the wide and tall canvases.

4. Press Go Live. Every destination starts together, the merged chat opens, and the recording begins.

BUILT FOR

- YouTubers and streamers who want to reach every platform without paying for a relay

- Podcasters and interview shows that bring guests on remotely

- Coaches, educators and course creators who record and stream lessons

- Brands and marketers running launches, AMAs and product demos

- Creators growing on Shorts, Reels and TikTok who want vertical video from every live show

WHY VIDYST

Vidyst is a native Mac app, not a browser tab, so it is built around Apple silicon to keep the stream smooth on a laptop. Streaming happens from your own machine, recordings stay on your own drive, and guests join in one click. It replaces OBS plus a multistream relay plus a guest studio with one app that's set up in minutes.