# jtheoof/swappy

A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS

Repository: https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swappy
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wayland, snapshot, snappy, sway, screenshot, annotation-tool
Last push: 2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 45, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2479, "days_push": 261, "days_rel": 371, "gap_med": 4.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1496, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:53.783981+00:00)

## What it is
Swappy is a Wayland-native screenshot annotation and editing tool inspired by Snappy on macOS. It accepts images from stdin or files (e.g., from grim/slurp) and lets users draw, add text, blur, and save or copy annotated screenshots.

## Use cases
- annotate screenshots on wayland
- edit a screenshot with arrows and blur
- pipe grim output into an annotation tool
- save annotated screenshots to a configured directory
- capture and mark up a specific sway window

## When to choose
- you use Wayland (sway, wlroots compositors) and need quick screenshot annotation
- you want to pipe screenshots from grim/slurp or other stdout-capable capture tools
- you prefer a lightweight native tool over full image editors

## When to avoid
- you are on X11 rather than Wayland
- you need advanced image editing beyond annotation (layers, filters)
- you need a cross-platform GUI editor

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, gui
- domain: desktop-applications, graphics, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: wayland, screenshot, annotation, sway, snapshot-editor, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- jtheoof/swappy (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.783981+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 2026-08-30T04:33:13.447423+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.783981+00:00, sha 6d25bfc0fb5b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.