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On the recordRead 7 Oct 202612 facts
Watchlight
Plans and prices
Free
Free
Full GUI application · Unlimited projects and scenes · All diff and analysis modes · Configurable thresholds
Read 7 Oct 2026 · getwatchlight.com
Pro
$9a month, billed yearly
Everything in Free · CLI/headless mode · MCP server for AI agents · CI/CD pipeline integration
Read 7 Oct 2026 · getwatchlight.com
On the record
- AI integrations
- Watchlight includes a local stdio MCP server for AI assistants, and its documentation gives setup examples for VS Code, Cursor, and Claude Code.docs.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The site presents Watchlight for individual developers, teams running CI/CD pipelines, and QA workflows.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Baseline behavior
- A scene uses its explicitly configured baseline, or otherwise the first snapshot by name order, as the comparison source.docs.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Beta pricing
- The pricing page says all features, including CLI and MCP, are free during beta and beta testers will receive a founding-member discount when Pro launches.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Capture
- Screenshots can be captured after a delay or when a configured stdout pattern appears.docs.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- CI automation
- Watchlight provides headless CLI commands for capturing and analyzing snapshots, with structured JSON output and an optional strict mode that returns a non-zero exit code when visual diffs fail.docs.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- CI integrations
- The website says Watchlight works with any CI system and names GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Jenkins as examples.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Diff analysis
- The app offers side-by-side comparisons, multiple diff modes, configurable thresholds, and pass/fail results with diff percentages.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Local operation
- The website says Watchlight runs entirely locally with no cloud dependency.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- The pricing page says the free GUI tier has no artificial limits on projects, scenes, or snapshots; CLI and MCP require Pro after beta.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Watchlight is a visual regression testing tool for desktop apps and games that launches an executable, captures screenshots, and compares visual changes over time.docs.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Supported app types
- The website lists WPF, WinUI, Qt, Electron, Tauri, Unity, and Godot among the app technologies it is built for.getwatchlight.com · read 7 Oct 2026
