Changelog

What's new in Limelight

Every feature and improvement we ship — newest first.

• v1.8.42026-06-16

  Pick any color for your spotlight and pen — Limelight 1.8.4

  A full color wheel for the cursor spotlight and pen — any color, not just presets.

• v1.8.32026-06-16

  Resize the spotlight or pen on the fly — Limelight 1.8.3

  Grow or shrink the spotlight, or change pen thickness, live with ⌃⌥+ / ⌃⌥−.

• v1.8.02026-06-15

  Cursor spotlight is now free forever — Limelight 1.8

  The glowing cursor spotlight (⌃⌥1) is now free forever — no account, no time limit.

• v1.7.02026-06-14

  Spotlight a region of your screen — Limelight 1.7

  Drag a box to keep one area bright and dim the rest — live, over any app (⌃⌥4).

• v1.7.02026-06-14

  Type text anywhere on your screen — Limelight 1.7

  Drop text labels and callouts anywhere on screen, over any app (⌃⌥5).

• v1.7.02026-06-14

  Choose your cursor spotlight color & size — Limelight 1.7

  Pick the color and size of your cursor spotlight to suit any background or brand.

• v1.7.02026-06-14

  Undo your last annotation — Limelight 1.7

  Made a stray mark? Step back one stroke at a time with ⌃⌥Z.