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Every time I sat down to read a long article or technical doc or study on my Mac, my eyes would wander — even with Do Not Disturb on and social media closed.
I realized the culprit wasn’t notifications; it was visual clutter. Browser tabs, sidebars, the Dock, and the rest of the page were constantly pulling at my peripheral vision.
I built Reading Flashlight to replicate the feeling of reading a book under a desk lamp in a dark room. With one shortcut (⌃ ⌥ F), your cursor becomes a soft spotlight (Circle, Reading Bar, or Focus Box) while the rest of your screen dims and blurs into the background — completely click-through, across every macOS app.
No complicated productivity system, no setup. Just light on what you’re reading, and nothing else.
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About Reading Flashlight on Product Hunt
“Read what’s lit. Let the rest wait.”
Reading Flashlight was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #65 on the daily leaderboard. A spotlight that follows your cursor and dims the rest of the screen.
Reading Flashlight was featured in Productivity (664.8k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 179.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Reading Flashlight?
Reading Flashlight was hunted by Peter Onisha. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Peter Onisha
Every time I sat down to read a long article or technical doc or study on my Mac, my eyes would wander — even with Do Not Disturb on and social media closed.
I realized the culprit wasn’t notifications; it was visual clutter. Browser tabs, sidebars, the Dock, and the rest of the page were constantly pulling at my peripheral vision.
I built Reading Flashlight to replicate the feeling of reading a book under a desk lamp in a dark room. With one shortcut (⌃ ⌥ F), your cursor becomes a soft spotlight (Circle, Reading Bar, or Focus Box) while the rest of your screen dims and blurs into the background — completely click-through, across every macOS app.
No complicated productivity system, no setup. Just light on what you’re reading, and nothing else.