Free tool · no sign-up
Keystroke Visualizer
Show the keys and shortcuts you press, live, right on screen — so the people watching your tutorial or lesson can see exactly what you did. Free, in your browser, nothing to install.
Click here, then press any key
Try a shortcut like ⌘C or ⌘⇧P
How to use it
- 1Click the dark stage, then start pressing keys — each shortcut appears as a large badge.
- 2Keep "Shortcuts only" on so your normal typing stays hidden and recordings stay clean.
- 3Hit Fullscreen, then share that browser tab in Zoom, Meet, or your screen recorder.
If you teach online or record coding tutorials, your audience constantly wonders "what did you just press?" macOS and the browser give no built-in way to display the keys behind a shortcut, so viewers rewind, guess, or give up. A keystroke visualizer solves that by drawing each key combination on screen the moment you press it.
This free tool runs entirely in your browser. Press a shortcut like ⌘C or ⌘⇧P and it appears as a clean badge that fades on its own. With "Shortcuts only" enabled it ignores ordinary typing and shows just the combinations and special keys, so you can teach shortcuts without exposing what you write. It is ideal for online instructors, bootcamp teachers, and anyone making screencasts inside a browser-based tool.
Because it lives in a single tab, it is best when the thing you are demonstrating is also in the browser. The moment you need keystrokes shown over a native app — VS Code, a design tool, a terminal — you want a system-wide overlay instead.
FAQ
- Is this keystroke visualizer free?
- Yes, completely free and with no sign-up. It runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
- Does it show everything I type?
- Only if you turn off "Shortcuts only". By default it shows shortcut combinations and special keys, not ordinary typing, to keep recordings clean.
- Can I show keystrokes over other Mac apps?
- Not with the browser tool — it only works while the tab is focused. Limelight is a menu-bar app that shows your keystrokes over any app on your whole screen, live.
- Does it work in Zoom or a screen recorder?
- Yes — go fullscreen and share that browser tab. Whatever captures the tab will capture the on-screen keys.