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mwh/dragon

Drag and drop source/target for X observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mwh/dragon · C · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

49/100

  • Activity 58
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4458
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 254
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1558 stars · 50 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

dragon is a lightweight drag-and-drop source and sink utility for X11 and Wayland. It opens a small window holding files or text that can be dragged into other applications, or accepts dropped items and prints them to stdout.

Use cases

  • drag a file into a web app without a file manager
  • accept dropped files from other programs via the command line
  • pipe dropped file paths into a shell script
  • stage files temporarily with --keep and drag them elsewhere later
  • drag a single file once and exit automatically

When to choose

  • you use a tiling WM or terminal-centric workflow without a file manager
  • you need to script drag-and-drop interactions on Linux
  • you want a tiny GTK3 utility with no daemon

When to avoid

  • you need drag-and-drop on Windows or macOS
  • you need a full graphical file manager
  • you need clipboard-style copy/paste rather than drag-and-drop

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

gui cli file-system desktop-applications developer-tools cli cross-platform drag-and-drop x11 wayland gtk3 file-transfer command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
mwh/dragonmain49

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mwh/dragon")

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