Limelight

A companion and alternative to OBS Studio for live overlays

OBS Studio is a powerful free recorder and streamer. Limelight adds the live on-screen guidance OBS does not draw for you.

OBS Studio is the free, open-source standard for recording and streaming. It handles scenes, sources, and broadcasting to any platform, and a great many creators rely on it every day. As a recorder and streamer, it is hard to beat on price and flexibility.

What OBS does not do is paint guidance across your whole screen. It does not give you a glowing cursor spotlight, it does not surface your shortcut keys as on-screen badges, and it does not let you draw freehand over any app. Limelight is a macOS menu-bar overlay built to do exactly those three things, live, on top of whatever OBS is capturing.

Choose OBS when you need to record or stream. Add Limelight when you want that recording or stream to be easy to follow, with a spotlight on your pointer, visible shortcuts, and freehand annotation. They are complementary: OBS captures, Limelight guides.

Why Limelight

  • ▸Cursor spotlight (⌃⌥1) that OBS does not provide on its own
  • ▸On-screen keystroke display (⌃⌥2) for the shortcuts you press
  • ▸Freehand draw over any app (⌃⌥3, clear ⌃⌥C)
  • ▸Sits on top of an OBS capture or stream without being a recorder itself
  • ▸One-time $15, native SwiftUI, Apple-notarized, macOS 14+
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7-day free trial · no card required · macOS 14+

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One-time payment, no subscription. 7-day free trial, then $15 once. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

FAQ

Will OBS Studio capture the Limelight overlay?
Yes. Because Limelight draws on screen as a normal overlay, OBS picks it up in whatever it records or streams, so your spotlight, keystrokes, and drawing show up to viewers.
Is Limelight a recorder or streamer like OBS?
No. Limelight only draws a live overlay and records nothing. You keep using OBS for capture and streaming and run Limelight on top for live guidance.

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