Limelight

Show your keystrokes on screen in Zoom

Explaining a shortcut over Zoom is useless if nobody can see which keys you pressed. Limelight shows your keystrokes on screen so attendees can follow every command.

When you teach software over Zoom and say "just hit Command-Shift-P," your attendees only see the result, not the keys. They cannot tell whether you used a menu, a shortcut, or magic, and they cannot reproduce it later.

Limelight sits in your menu bar and displays your keystrokes as a clean overlay on top of Zoom. Press ⌃⌥2 to turn on keystroke display, and every shortcut you press appears on screen for your attendees to read. Because Zoom shares whatever is on your screen, the keystroke overlay is captured in the share automatically.

This is built for instructors, onboarding leads, and engineers running pair sessions over Zoom on a Mac. Keystroke display is a Pro feature.

Why Limelight

  • ▸Keystroke display toggles with ⌃⌥2
  • ▸Overlay appears on top of Zoom and is captured in your share
  • ▸Pro feature
  • ▸Native SwiftUI menu-bar app, fully offline
Try it free — download

Cursor spotlight free · from $2.99/mo or $34 lifetime · macOS 14+

Or get Pro — from $2.99/mo · See how it works →

free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

FAQ

Do I need to configure Zoom to show keystrokes?
No. Limelight draws the keystroke overlay on top of your screen and Zoom shares it like anything else. There is no Zoom setting to change.
Is keystroke display free?
It is part of Pro. Keystroke display is a Pro feature. The cursor spotlight stays free forever.

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