Install LowLighter and start setup.

Download the desktop app for your platform

LowLighter is a desktop application with separate release paths for macOS and Windows. Install the package for the computer where you want to use screen selection, global shortcuts, overlays, and the rest of the desktop experience.

After installation, open LowLighter from the installed application. The first launch can show the setup experience before the main Home view.

Complete the first-run setup

1. 1

   Start setup

   Use the setup action shown on first launch to begin configuring the desktop app.

2. 2

   Review the guided steps

   The setup experience introduces the screen workflow and the permissions used by LowLighter.

3. 3

   Grant the requested access

   Follow the operating-system prompts described in Permissions. LowLighter checks the result before it starts a screen request.

4. 4

   Finish or skip the guide

   You can finish the guide or skip it and return to the Home view.

Find the main workspaces

The desktop sidebar opens Home, Settings, Aesthetics, Phantom, Meetings, Agent, and Account. The Home view contains the standard answer mode cards and the current plan or upgrade controls.

Home

Choose a standard answer mode and start a screen request.

Settings

Configure engines, answer and selection surfaces, shortcuts, app behavior, and Offline AI.

Aesthetics

Configure Cursor Companion, Ambient Frame, and Winter Frame.

Phantom

Enable capture protection and configure the Phantom-related controls available to your account.

Meetings

Open the separate live listening, transcription, reference, and Assist workspace.

Agent

Give LowLighter a supported computer task and follow its progress from the Agent overlay.

Account

Review access, usage, referrals, and subscription actions.