A lightweight, click-through Windows overlay with an animated creature that smoothly follows your cursor.
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DragonOverlay draws a transparent animated creature above your windows. It bends smoothly as it follows the mouse pointer and never intercepts clicks, so it stays out of the way while you work, play, or stream.
- Six procedurally drawn creatures: imperial, flame and sea dragons, a snake, a koi and a butterfly.
- Ten built-in color themes plus a custom color picker.
- Three overlay sizes.
- System tray menu and global keyboard shortcuts.
- Fully local: no internet access, telemetry, or activity logging.
- Portable Windows x64 executable.
The images on this page are concept art. The actual overlay is procedurally rendered and changes with the selected creature, color, and size.
Open the latest release and download one of these archives:
| Archive | Choose it when |
|---|---|
DragonOverlay-win-x64-self-contained.zip |
Recommended. Runs without installing .NET first. |
DragonOverlay-win-x64-framework-dependent.zip |
You already have the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime and want the smallest download. |
Extract the archive and launch DragonOverlay.exe. Its icon appears in the Windows system tray.
Windows SmartScreen may show a warning because the executable is not signed with a commercial certificate yet. The source is available for inspection, and each release includes SHA-256 checksums.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Pause or resume | Alt+Shift+D |
| Next color | Alt+Shift+C |
| Next creature | Alt+Shift+P |
| Exit | Alt+Shift+X |
Right-click the DragonOverlay tray icon for creature, color, size, pause, reset, and exit controls.
- Windows 10 or Windows 11, x64.
- The compact build requires the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime.
- The self-contained build does not require a separate .NET installation.
Install the .NET 8 SDK, then run:
dotnet build -c Release
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o dist-standaloneDragonOverlay does not use the network, capture the screen, read window contents, or store cursor movement history. Cursor coordinates are used only in memory to animate the overlay.