# hyprwm/hyprpicker

A wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker that does not suck.

Repository: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyprpicker
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: wayland, wlroots, color, picker
Last push: 2026-08-30T19:36:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 70, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1461, "days_push": 3, "days_rel": 121, "gap_med": 65, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1132, forks 62 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:02.946579+00:00)

## What it is
hyprpicker is a Wayland color picker utility compatible with wlroots-based compositors. It lets users click anywhere on screen to sample and copy a color value.

## Use cases
- pick a color from anywhere on my Wayland desktop
- sample a pixel color on screen under wlroots
- grab hex color values for design work on Linux
- integrate a color picker into a Wayland keybinding
- replace gpick/xcolor on a Wayland setup

## When to choose
- you run a wlroots-based Wayland compositor like Hyprland or sway
- you need a lightweight native Wayland color picker
- you want to script color picking from keybindings or scripts

## When to avoid
- you are on X11 rather than Wayland
- you need a full-featured color picker with palettes and history
- freezing displays while picking is unacceptable for your workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-design, graphics
- platform: cli
- tags: wayland, wlroots, color-picker, hyprland, screen-color-sampling, linux

## Member repositories
- hyprwm/hyprpicker (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:02.946579+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 2026-08-30T06:39:12.092063+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:02.946579+00:00, sha c32ff1bbc79d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.