OBS Studio

Where OBS Studio keeps its logs

OBS Studio logs to %APPDATA%\obs-studio\logs\ on Windows.

OBS Studio logs to ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/logs/ on macOS.

OBS Studio logs to ~/.config/obs-studio/logs/ on Linux.

Paths are printed exactly as OBS Studio writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

Finding your way around Windows, macOS and Linux.