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.

• v1.6.42026-06-13

  Show every key you press on screen — Limelight 1.6.4

  Every key you press appears as a badge overlay on screen — no viewer is left guessing (⌃⌥2).

• v1.6.32026-06-12

  Draw on your screen while recording — Limelight 1.6.3

  Pick up a pen with ⌃⌥3 and draw circles, arrows, or any mark directly on screen.

• v1.6.22026-06-10

  Ripple animation on every click — Limelight 1.6.2

  A ripple pulse appears at every click point so viewers always know exactly where you clicked.

• v1.6.12026-06-09

  Clear all annotations at once — Limelight 1.6.1

  Wipe every drawing and text annotation off the screen in one keystroke with ⌃⌥C.

• v1.5.52026-06-07

  Trim your recordings inside Limelight — Limelight 1.5.5

  Cut the start or end of any recording right inside Limelight — no external editor required.

• v1.5.42026-06-06

  Ripple delete a section from your recording — Limelight 1.5.4

  Mark a segment and ripple-delete it — the surrounding clips close up with no gap.

• v1.5.32026-06-04

  Speed ramp any clip segment — Limelight 1.5.3

  Select a segment and set its speed — fast-forward the boring bits, slow down the key moments.

• v1.5.22026-06-02

  Export as H.264 MP4 — Limelight 1.5.2

  Export any recording as a standard H.264 MP4 file — upload anywhere instantly.

• v1.5.12026-05-31

  Export screen recordings as animated GIFs — Limelight 1.5.1

  One-click GIF export — drop your recording straight into a README, Notion page, or Slack message.

• v1.5.02026-05-29

  Export in 9:16 for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts — Limelight 1.5

  Reformat any recording to 9:16 portrait mode with a padded background — Reel-ready in one click.

• v1.4.42026-05-26

  Auto-zoom into every mouse click — Limelight 1.4.4

  The camera smoothly zooms into every click automatically — no keyframes, no editing.

• v1.4.32026-05-24

  Adjust how close the camera zooms on each click — Limelight 1.4.3

  Set the zoom intensity from subtle to dramatic — a single slider controls how close every click zooms.

• v1.4.22026-05-22

  Toggle auto-zoom on or off per recording — Limelight 1.4.2

  Turn auto-zoom on or off per recording — keep a steady wide view when you need it.

• v1.4.02026-05-20

  Smooth cursor movement for cleaner recordings — Limelight 1.4

  Jittery cursor movement is smoothed automatically so every recording looks deliberate and fluid.

• v1.3.52026-05-16

  Add a padded background around your window — Limelight 1.3.5

  Wrap the recorded window in a padded background — white, dark, or your own color — for a polished look.

• v1.3.42026-05-14

  Dark padded background for screen recordings — Limelight 1.3.4

  One click sets a deep dark canvas behind the captured window — great for dark-mode content.

• v1.3.32026-05-12

  Export with a transparent background — Limelight 1.3.3

  Export the captured window with an alpha-transparent background — drop it onto any canvas anywhere.

• v1.3.22026-05-10

  Custom background color for your recordings — Limelight 1.3.2

  Pick any color for the padded canvas and match your brand or slide deck exactly.

• v1.3.02026-05-08

  Drop shadow under the captured window — Limelight 1.3

  A soft drop shadow lifts the captured window off the background — a small detail with a big visual impact.

• v1.2.42026-05-04

  Start and stop recording from the menu bar — Limelight 1.2.4

  Start, pause, or stop any recording directly from the menu bar — Limelight lives there and stays out of the way.

• v1.2.32026-05-02

  Countdown before recording starts — Limelight 1.2.3

  A 3-second countdown gives you time to get ready before the recording actually starts.

• v1.2.22026-04-30

  Record a custom region of your screen — Limelight 1.2.2

  Drag to capture any rectangle of your screen — just the part that matters, nothing else.

• v1.2.12026-04-28

  Record a single app window — Limelight 1.2.1

  Pick any open window and record only that app — automatically cropped, background-ready.

• v1.2.02026-04-26

  Full retina HiDPI output — no blurry exports — Limelight 1.2

  Full retina resolution — every pixel captured at native HiDPI so exports look as sharp as the screen.

• v1.1.22026-04-20

  Native Apple Silicon build — M1 through M4 — Limelight 1.1.2

  A native Apple Silicon build — full-speed recording and encoding on every M-series Mac.

• v1.1.12026-04-15

  Compatibility update for macOS 15 Sequoia — Limelight 1.1.1

  Fully compatible with macOS 15 Sequoia — all capture modes and features working on the new OS.

• v1.1.02026-04-12

  Streamlined screen recording permission flow — Limelight 1.1

  A clear one-step permission prompt gets you from download to recording in under a minute.

• v1.1.02026-04-12

  Fully offline — no sign-in, no internet required — Limelight 1.1

  No internet, no account, no cloud — every recording stays on your Mac from start to finish.

• v1.0.02026-04-01

  Limelight is here — the first public release

  The first public release of Limelight — a native macOS screen recorder with auto-zoom built in from day one.

• v1.0.02026-04-01

  Pro is a $34 lifetime purchase — no subscription — Limelight 1.0

  Pay $34 once and own Limelight Pro forever — no subscription, no annual renewal.

• v1.0.02026-04-01

  Apple-notarized and Gatekeeper-ready — Limelight 1.0

  Apple-notarized and Developer ID signed — no Gatekeeper warnings, just drag it to Applications.