LayerX for Mac
Intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.
By yuhua-chen. Free and open source.
LayerX at a glance
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Released
- 6 February 2017
- Download size
- 2.4 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Developer
- yuhua-chen
- GitHub stars
- 190
About LayerX
An intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.
Screenshots

How to install LayerX on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for LayerX and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.2.0 from yuhua-chen's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to LayerX show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: LayerX.app.zip (2.4 MB).
What is new in LayerX 1.2.0
New features: 1. Move window by pressing arrow keys. 2. Allow move window outside the scree.
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