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VirtuaCam

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Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

VirtuaCam is ranked #15 of 36 in virtual camera software on Freedom251. It runs on Windows. There is a free plan.

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VirtuaCam Free MIT-licensed virtual camera for Windows github.com · 5 Oct 2026

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Supported platforms: Windows 10/11
Scene composition: Yes

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Purpose: VirtuaCam exposes video sources as a standard virtual webcam for apps such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OBS, and Discord.
Video sources: The built-in sources include a physical webcam, a window, a display, and a whiteboard.
Compositing: It can combine sources with picture-in-picture overlays or show an automatic grid.
GPU pipeline: Frames are shared and composited using D3D11 GPU resources; the README says frames never leave the GPU except when a consuming app refuses GPU samples.
Output formats: The camera offers 640×360 through 3840×2160 at 15–60 fps in NV12, YUY2, and RGB32.
Windows support: The repository describes VirtuaCam as Windows 11 software and gives Windows 11 as a build requirement.
Build requirements: Building requires Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++, CMake 3.21 or newer, and automatically fetched WIL headers.
Camera registration: The camera DLL must be registered machine-wide once, and the installer performs this setup.
Virtual display: VirtuaCam does not ship a virtual display driver; users can select a display created by an IddCx driver of their choice.
Producer protocol: Third-party programs can publish frames through VirtuaCam’s shared-frame protocol and then appear in its tray menu.
Security details: The README describes session-local shared resources and a DACL granting access to authenticated users; it makes no compliance certification claim.
License: The project is MIT-licensed.
Release: The GitHub releases page lists version 1.0 as the latest release.
Maintainer: GitHub identifies the maintainer as Scott Mansfield and lists Jacksonville, Florida.
Price from: Free

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github.com/MansfieldPlumbing/VirtuaCam· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/MansfieldPlumbing/VirtuaCam/blob/main/R· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/MansfieldPlumbing/VirtuaCam/blob/main/L· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/MansfieldPlumbing/VirtuaCam/releases· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/MansfieldPlumbing· checked 5 Oct 2026