A free, open-source crosshair overlay for Linux gaming — the Crosshair X alternative.
Crosshair X is great — but it's paid and Windows-only. Dilates Crosshair gives Linux gamers the same thing for free: a clean, always-on-top crosshair overlay that works in any game, with zero game-file modification and zero cost.
- 🎯 22 built-in crosshairs — dots, crosses, circles, chevrons, scopes, brackets, and more
- 🖼️ Custom crosshairs — point it at any folder of PNG/SVG images and use your own
- 🖥️ Multi-monitor aware — automatically detects all your displays; pick which screen the crosshair appears on with one click, perfectly centered
- 🎨 Full styling — size, color hue, rotation, and opacity sliders with a live preview
- 📍 Flexible positioning — screen center, exact pixel offset, or follow your cursor
- ⌨️ Hotkey placement — press
Ctrl+Shift+Pto snap the crosshair to your mouse position - 💾 Remembers your setup — settings persist between launches
- 🖱️ Click-through overlay — never blocks your mouse, never steals focus
- Linux (X11, or Wayland via XWayland)
- Node.js 18+ and npm (for installing from source)
Compositor support: works out of the box on GNOME, KDE, and Hyprland. On Hyprland the app automatically registers a window rule for the overlay (no blur, no shadow, no border, no rounding) so the crosshair renders clean — both the new Lua config (0.55+) and older conf-based versions are handled. On other tiling compositors you may need a similar rule to keep the overlay floating and undecorated.
git clone https://github.com/dilates/crosshair.git
cd crosshair
./install.shThat's it — the installer builds the app, adds a Dilates Crosshair entry to your app menu, and puts a dilates-crosshair command on your PATH.
Prefer a portable single file? Build and install an AppImage instead:
./install.sh --appimageTo remove everything:
./uninstall.shnpm install
npm startnpm run appimage # → dist/Dilates Crosshair-<version>.AppImage
npm run flatpak # → flatpak bundleA Flathub-style manifest is included as io.github.dilates.crosshair.yml — see the comments inside it for flatpak-builder instructions.
- Launch the app and click Launch on the splash screen.
- Pick a crosshair from the Built-in gallery, or switch to the Custom tab and choose a folder of your own PNG/SVG images.
- Style it — adjust size, hue, rotation, and opacity. The preview updates live.
- Choose your display — every connected monitor is detected automatically. Click the one you game on; the crosshair centers on it.
- Fine-tune position (optional):
- Center — dead center of the selected display (the default; right where it should be)
- Custom — exact X/Y pixel offset within the selected display, or press
Ctrl+Shift+Pwith your mouse anywhere on screen to snap it there - Follow cursor — the crosshair rides your mouse
- Flip the Overlay switch in the top-right corner. Game on. 🎮
The overlay is click-through and stays on top of fullscreen games. All your settings are saved automatically and restored next launch.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Snap crosshair position to current mouse location (global) |
Drop PNG or SVG files into any folder, then in the app: Crosshair → Custom → Choose folder…. Square images with transparent backgrounds work best. White/light crosshairs recolor cleanly with the hue slider.
Want to contribute a design to the built-in set? PRs welcome — add a 32×32 viewBox SVG to public/crosshairs/.
├── src/ # Electron main process + preload scripts (TypeScript)
├── public/ # UI (HTML/CSS/JS), overlay, splash, crosshair SVGs
│ └── crosshairs/ # Built-in crosshair pack
├── assets/ # App icon for packaging
├── install.sh # One-step installer
└── uninstall.sh # Clean removal
Issues and pull requests are welcome at github.com/dilates/crosshair. Crosshair designs, Wayland improvements, and packaging help are especially appreciated.
Dilates Crosshair is free forever. If you like it, star the repo and share it — and come hang out with us on Discord.