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Commerce · June 7, 2024

Boom – A way simpler OBS alternative for macOS

I got sick of people complaining about Zoom fatigue. I assumed these tools would eventually fix the UX of remote meetings, but that never happened. After leaving Shopify, a few of us created Boom to inject energy back into video calls. Boom is a virtual camera that adds overlays to the camera feed, allowing users to display their name, title, logo, GIFs, and even their local weather. Users can touch up their appearance using camera filters like saturation and brightness. They can also use global keyboard shortcuts to mute or start a screen share automatically in Zoom and Meet. Privacy was a…

Boom – A way simpler OBS alternative for macOS launched on June 7, 2024 with 6 votes, #1,458 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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What it does

The video app for serious presenters. Present live, record your screen, and look incredible on camera. No editing required.

In the maker’s words, at launch

I got sick of people complaining about Zoom fatigue. I assumed these tools would eventually fix the UX of remote meetings, but that never happened. After leaving Shopify, a few of us created Boom to inject energy back into video calls. Boom is a virtual camera that adds overlays to the camera feed, allowing users to…

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