# sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker

🎨 The macOS color picker as an app with more features

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/system-color-picker
Homepage: https://sindresorhus.com/system-color-picker
License Family: other
Topics: macos-app, macos, color-picker, swift, swiftui, app
Last push: 2025-07-15T11:27:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 37/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 31, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1946, "days_push": 414, "days_rel": 414, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1416, forks 67 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.878875+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS app that wraps the system color picker with extra features like multiple color format conversion (Hex, HSL, RGB, OKLCH, CMYK), palettes, and a global keyboard shortcut. Although hosted on GitHub, the source code is no longer open-source; the app remains actively developed with GitHub issues used for feedback.

## Use cases
- pick colors from anywhere on my mac screen
- convert colors between hex rgb hsl oklch and cmyk
- menu bar color picker app for macos
- copy color values quickly with keyboard shortcuts
- import adobe ase and simple color palette files
- keep a color picker window always on top

## When to choose
- you want a supercharged native macOS color picker with format conversion and palettes
- you need a menu bar or global-shortcut-accessible color sampler
- you value an actively maintained, privacy-friendly app from a prolific developer

## When to avoid
- you need open-source code you can inspect, fork, or contribute to
- you are on a platform other than macOS
- you need a cross-platform or CLI color tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: color-picker, swiftui, menu-bar-app, color-conversion, closed-source, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker (main) score 37

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.878875+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 2026-08-30T04:38:07.147511+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.878875+00:00, sha 1668ed307507)
  - homepage: https://sindresorhus.com/system-color-picker (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:11.622801+00:00, sha a858bcc32516)
  - site_page: https://sindresorhus.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:11.632785+00:00, sha 50c6010cf2fd)
  - site_page: https://sindresorhus.com/apps/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:11.634760+00:00, sha 0f196867e870)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.