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emersion/slurp

Select a region in a Wayland compositor observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/emersion/slurp · homepage · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

59/100

  • Activity 81
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3027
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 115
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1277 stars · 74 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

slurp is a small C utility that lets users interactively select a region, point, or output on screen in a Wayland compositor and prints the selection geometry to stdout. It pairs naturally with grim for taking screenshots on Wayland.

Use cases

  • select a screen region to screenshot on wayland
  • pick a point on screen from a script
  • select a monitor/output interactively
  • select a window geometry under sway
  • get screen coordinates for automation scripts

When to choose

  • you need interactive region selection on Wayland
  • you script screenshots with grim
  • you use Sway or another wlroots-based compositor

When to avoid

  • you are on X11 (use slop instead)
  • you need a GUI screenshot tool with editing features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli graphics desktop-applications operating-systems cli wayland screenshot region-selection grim-companion command-line linux

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
emersion/slurpmain59

For agents

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