CodeSpotlight makes selected code visually stand out in IntelliJ IDEA with customizable animated effects. Built for coding YouTubers, tutors, instructors, course creators, livestreamers, technical presenters, and anyone who wants their code to be impossible to miss.
👋 Hey Product Hunt!
I'm Karan, the developer behind CodeSpotlight.
I built CodeSpotlight around a simple problem with programming tutorials and screen recordings:
When someone is explaining code, the viewer doesn't always know exactly where to look.
CodeSpotlight turns the current IntelliJ IDEA selection into a visual focus point, making the code you're explaining much easier to follow.
It's especially designed for:
🎥 Programming YouTubers
👨🏫 Tutors & instructors
📚 Course creators
🔴 Coding livestreamers
🎤 Technical presenters
You can customize colors, animation modes, glow, moving lights, trails and other visual effects directly inside IntelliJ IDEA.
Select → Focus → Explain.
I'd love to hear from people who create programming content:
How do you currently make the code you're explaining stand out on screen?
Does CodeSpotlight work smoothly when recording the IDE with tools like OBS?
Can you control how fast the animation runs or choose from different animation styles?
Do you plan to add a way to trigger highlights with a keyboard shortcut during a live demo?
About CodeSpotlight on Product Hunt
“Make your code impossible to miss.”
CodeSpotlight launched on Product Hunt on September 23rd, 2026 and earned 67 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. CodeSpotlight makes selected code visually stand out in IntelliJ IDEA with customizable animated effects. Built for coding YouTubers, tutors, instructors, course creators, livestreamers, technical presenters, and anyone who wants their code to be impossible to miss.
CodeSpotlight was featured in Productivity (661.3k followers), Education (79.2k followers) and Developer Tools (519.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 281.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted CodeSpotlight?
CodeSpotlight was hunted by Karan Sahani. 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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Karan Sahani