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A spotlight that follows your cursor and dims the rest of the screen.
PH · launched Nov 1, 2026 · 3 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop and display utilities · 171 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Menu Bar Apps
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More like this: all 171 launches in desktop and display utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes A cursor-following spotlight that dims the rest of the screen is a small browser or desktop overlay using standard CSS or canvas techniques.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 267 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #24 of 268 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 337 days after the earliest competitor.
- LIT · github · 2026-09-09 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Info Highlight · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Oh My Focus · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- afterlight · github · 2026-09-14 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Flashlight: Android app that lets you control torch brightness · hn · 2026-01-15 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Peek · ph · 2026-10-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ReadFocus+ · ph · 2026-10-07 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ReadBeam · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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