Observed arrival · 2026-09-30
The menu-bar pen that gives clicks back
PenLayer is a macOS overlay for annotating shared screens during calls, lessons, demos, and presentations.
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- Mac users presenting, teaching, or giving demos
- Worth noticing
- The icon picker includes 1,848 Lucide icons, with starter sets for fields including teaching, medical, study, and software.
Field notes
The toolbar has ten numbered tools, including pressure-aware ink, five arrowhead styles, numbered steps, and an eraser that removes whole strokes. The icon picker lists 1,848 Lucide icons, with starter sets for areas such as teaching, medical, study, and software. The page also describes hand-drawn shapes that retain their individual wobble after undo.
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ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central
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