Limelight
Make your screen recordings easy to follow
Limelight launched on June 9, 2026 with 115 votes, #313 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Limelight makes everything you do on screen easy to follow. 🔦 Spotlight your cursor, ⌨️ show the keys you press, and ✏️ draw on screen — so your audience never loses track of what you're doing. Works with Zoom, OBS, Keynote, Google Slides, anything. Native, offline, no account. No subscription — $15 once, with a 7-day free trial.
A native macOS screen recorder with automatic zoom and smooth animations for product demos, tutorials, and social media videos. Hit record and Limelight auto-zooms into every click, smooths your cursor, and bakes your keystrokes, cursor spotlight, and annotations right into the video — then trim, speed up, and export to mp4 or 9:16 from a built-in editor. Fully offline, nothing uploaded. Free curs
A macOS screen recorder with automatic zoom and smooth animations for product demos, tutorials, and social media videos — with your keystrokes shown right on screen. Free cursor spotlight · Pro from a one-time $34 (not a subscription) · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Notarized by Apple · Nothing uploaded. Hit record and Limelight auto-zooms into every click and smooths your cursor — with your keystrokes, cursor spotlight, and annotations baked right into the video. Then trim, speed up, and export to mp4 or a 9:16 clip from the built-in editor. On a shared screen or a recording, a tiny cursor and invisible shortcuts leave viewers lost. They miss what you clicked and what you pressed. On…from limelightmac.com
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