A CleanShot X alternative for live screen presenting

CleanShot X is a well-loved Mac app for taking clean screenshots, recording quick screen videos, and marking captures up before you share them. If your job is to produce a tidy screenshot or a finished clip, it does that job nicely.

Limelight is a full macOS screen recorder with a cinematic finish. Hit record and it captures your screen and exports a finished video itself — auto-zooming on every click, smoothing the cursor, and dropping the footage on a clean padded background. It also gives you a cursor spotlight, an on-screen keystroke display that shows your shortcut keys as badges, and freehand drawing across the whole screen, all baked right into the recording. Everything runs on your Mac, so nothing is uploaded.

Choose CleanShot X when you mainly need quick screenshots and capture-and-annotate stills. Choose Limelight when you want a polished, cinematic screen recording with auto-zoom and your keystrokes and clicks shown on screen — the differentiator CleanShot X and most recorders cannot do.