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Spotlight

A lightweight fullscreen X11 spotlight + zoom tool for Linux (X11).

Inspired by boomer by Tsoding. Special thanks to Tsoding for his great content!


Controls

Action Control
Zoom in Scroll Up
Zoom out Scroll Down
Increase spotlight radius Ctrl + Scroll Up
Decrease spotlight radius Ctrl + Scroll Down
Toggle spotlight F
Reset zoom 0
Quit Q or Esc

Dependencies

Ubuntu / Debian:

sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libgl-dev libglew-dev

Arch:

sudo pacman -S libx11 libxrandr mesa glew

Fedora:

sudo dnf install libX11-devel libXrandr-devel mesa-libGL-devel glew-devel

Void:

sudo xbps-install -S libX11-devel libXrandr-devel MesaLib-devel glew-devel

Notes

Currently supports:

  • Linux
  • X11
  • GLX/OpenGL

Wayland support is not implemented.

The application currently captures a static snapshot of the desktop at startup and renders it with zoom and spotlight effects.


License

MIT License

Feel free to do whatever you want!

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