Lasor

Laser pointer cursor for macOS.

Tiny menu-bar app. One job: replace the system cursor with a sharp, configurable laser dot — at the real cursor layer, not a fake overlay. Recorders that capture the mouse cursor finally see what you see.

Download · macOS 13+ · MIT

Uses private cursor APIs. Not App Store material. May break on future macOS. Still worth it.

Install

Grab the latest release, unzip, open Lasor.app.

Unsigned build — first launch may need Right-click → Open, or Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

Or build it yourself:

swift run Lasor
# or
./scripts/package-app.sh && open Lasor.app

Use

Menu bar → toggle laser, pick a color, start enabled, quit.

Stuck cursor after a force-quit?

swift run Lasor --restore-defaults

Pointer color customizations can block replacement — System Settings → Accessibility → Display → Pointer → Reset Color, then try again.

Extra

• Lasor.cape — optional Mousecape theme (Lasor doesn't need it)
• swift run Lasor --check-private-api — probe cursor APIs without changing anything

Credits

Built on reverse engineering from Mousecape and Mousecape-swiftUI.