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FR-AI / ANALYSISWhy it is worth attention
It brings a popular macOS visual feedback feature to Windows with signed releases, multi-monitor support, click-through overlay, and a watchdog for crash recovery.
Who it is for
- Windows power users who want visual click feedback
- presenters and demo makers
- accessibility users needing cursor emphasis
- developers interested in .NET 10 WPF interop
Use cases
- Enhancing screen recordings or live presentations with visible click effects
- Providing visual feedback for users with motor impairments
- Making clicks more obvious in tutorials or remote sessions
- Adding a fun, customizable cursor effect for personal use
Strengths
- Free and open-source under MIT license
- Self-contained executable requires no .NET runtime
- Supports x64 and ARM64 with signed releases
- Click-through overlay works across all apps and monitors
Considerations
- Windows only; no macOS or Linux support
- Building from source requires .NET 10 SDK
- Overlay not captured in window-only recordings; must capture entire display
- Pokey name and artwork have separate licensing
README quick start
Pokey for Windows
Pokey for Windows is a free and open-source .NET 10 WPF tray app intended to bring Pokey-style cursor movement to Windows.
Press Ctrl+Alt+P to start or stop it. While active, the app follows the pointer across monitors and escalates its hand-drawn impact bursts as clicks arrive faster. The tray icon provides status and controls without keeping a window open.
[!NOTE] With gratitude to Mike Kosenkov, **, creator of the original Pokey for macOS, who kindly granted permission to use the Pokey name for this Windows port. See THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.
Download
Download the latest signed release from GitHub Releases.
| Asset | Windows platform |
|---|---|
PokeyForWindows-vX.Y.Z-win-x64.zip | Intel and AMD 64-bit |
PokeyForWindows-vX.Y.Z-win-arm64.zip | ARM64 |
Each ZIP contains a self-contained, single-file executable; a separate .NET installation is not required.
Use
- Start
PokeyForWindows.exe. The pointer is off on first launch. - Click the notification-area icon or press Ctrl+Alt+P to toggle it.
- Click normally in any application. Slow clicks produce a small poke; rapid clicks escalate through stronger hand motion and larger hand-drawn bursts.
- Right-click the tray icon for animation, startup, settings, update, and exit controls.
The overlay is click-through, so clicking, dragging, selecting, scrolling, and context menus continue to work in the underlying app. One overlay is maintained per monitor for mixed-DPI and multi-monitor layouts. While enabled, a companion watchdog restores the Windows cursor scheme if the main process crashes.
Share or record the entire display when you want viewers to see Pokey. Window-only capture intentionally excludes everything outside that window, including desktop overlays.
Build and run
Install the .NET 10 SDK on Windows.
dotnet restore .\PokeyForWindows.slnx
dotnet build .\PokeyForWindows.slnx -c Release --no-restore
dotnet run --project .\src\PokeyForWindows\PokeyForWindows.csproj
Run the interop harness:
dotnet run --project .\src\PokeyForWindows.InteropHarness\PokeyForWindows.InteropHarness.csproj -- 10000
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Description
An animated high-impact pointer for Windows screen sharing
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