A modern Windows 11 utility that spotlights the pointer, visualizes clicks, and displays keyboard shortcuts.

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Preview

Features

• Pointer spotlight with adjustable diameter up to 800 px and edge feathering.
• Smooth multi-monitor transitions.
• Custom overlay color and opacity.
• Mouse click visualization and optional click sound.
• Keystroke visualization with a shortcuts-only mode and password-field protection.
• Global shortcuts for spotlight, clicks, keystrokes, spotlight size, and overlay opacity.
• Native WinUI 3 settings experience with Mica and Windows 11 controls.
• Starts with Windows in the system tray without opening the settings window.
• Built-in update checker backed by GitHub Releases.
• Spanish and English interface.

Default shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Toggle spotlight	Ctrl+Space
Toggle clicks	Ctrl+Alt+C
Toggle keystrokes	Ctrl+Alt+K
Increase spotlight size	Ctrl+Alt+Up
Decrease spotlight size	Ctrl+Alt+Down
Decrease overlay opacity	Ctrl+Alt+Left
Increase overlay opacity	Ctrl+Alt+Right

Requirements

• Windows 10 version 1809 or later; Windows 11 is recommended.
• 64-bit Windows.
• .NET 8 Desktop Runtime.

The installer includes the Windows App SDK runtime files required by the WinUI 3 interface.

Install

1. Open the latest release.
2. Download FocusPocus-Setup-<version>.exe.
3. Run the installer and launch FocusPocus.

Windows SmartScreen may display a warning because community builds are not code-signed yet. Verify that the installer comes from this repository's Releases page.

Architecture

FocusPocus uses two cooperating processes:

• FocusPocus.exe: the native WinUI 3 settings interface.
• FocusPocus.Engine.exe: the lightweight WPF overlay, input hooks, global shortcuts, and system-tray process.

This split lets Windows startup launch only the engine in the tray while the settings window stays closed.

flowchart LR
    User([User])
    Input[Windows pointer<br/>and keyboard input]
    Startup[Windows startup]
    Releases[(GitHub Releases API)]

    subgraph FocusPocus
        UI[FocusPocus.exe<br/>WinUI 3 settings]
        Settings[(%APPDATA%\FocusPocus<br/>settings.json)]

        subgraph Engine[FocusPocus.Engine.exe]
            Controller[App controller and<br/>settings synchronization]
            Tray[System tray and<br/>global shortcuts]
            Hooks[Low-level<br/>input hooks]
            Overlay[WPF spotlight and<br/>input effects overlay]
        end
    end

    User --> UI
    UI <--> Settings
    UI -. Check for updates .-> Releases
    Settings --> Controller
    Startup --> Controller
    User --> Tray
    Input --> Hooks
    Tray --> Controller
    Hooks --> Controller
    Controller --> Overlay

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Build from source

Prerequisites:

• .NET 8 SDK
• Inno Setup 6 (only needed for the installer)

git clone https://github.com/ezenwa/FocusPocus.git
cd FocusPocus
dotnet build .\src\FocusPocus.UI\FocusPocus.UI.csproj -c Release
dotnet build .\src\FocusPocus.Engine\FocusPocus.Engine.csproj -c Release

To create the installer:

.\build.ps1

The installer is written to dist.

Privacy

FocusPocus processes pointer and keyboard events locally. It does not transmit captured input. Keystrokes are not displayed while a standard Windows password field has focus. The update checker only requests public release metadata from the GitHub API when the user presses the update button.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Security issues should follow SECURITY.md.

License

FocusPocus is available under the MIT License.