# mwh/dragon

Drag and drop source/target for X

Repository: https://github.com/mwh/dragon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dragon
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: drag-and-drop, x11, x
Last push: 2025-12-22T06:10:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 58, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4458, "days_push": 254, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1558, forks 50 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.501988+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: gui, cli, file-system
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: drag-and-drop, x11, wayland, gtk3, file-transfer, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- mwh/dragon (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.501988+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:29:54.940103+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mwh/dragon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.501988+00:00, sha 827bac3ffcd6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.