Cursor Torch

Write like you're holding a torch in the dark. Cursor Torch turns the text cursor in Obsidian's editor into a warm, flickering light source: text near the caret glows in torchlight while the rest of the note fades into darkness.

Features

• Torch glow — a flame-shaped glow (white-hot core fading through warm orange) pinned to your caret. It follows every keystroke, cursor movement, and scroll.
• Darkness overlay — the rest of the editor sinks into shadow, with a pool of light around the cursor that dims gradually with distance. The darkness fades out when the editor loses focus so the app stays usable.
• Ambient halo — a faint wash of warm light spills a few lines above and below the cursor, like real light falling on nearby text.
• Ember caret — optionally replaces the plain caret with a glowing gradient bar (yellow → orange → pink → purple).
• Flicker — the glow subtly wavers in brightness and size like a real flame. Automatically disabled if your OS requests reduced motion.

Looks best on dark themes, where the glow blends like real light. On light themes the glow falls back to a softer overlay so text stays readable.

How to use

1. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.
2. Open any note and click into the editor — the torch lights up at your cursor.
3. Tune the effect in Settings → Cursor Torch:

To turn off the "writing in the dark" effect but keep the glow, set Darkness to 0.

License

MIT