hyprpicker

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

Usage

Launch it. Click. That's it.

Options

-f | --format=[fmt] specifies the output format (cmyk, hex, rgb, hsl, hsv)

-n | --no-fancy disables the "fancy" (aka. colored) outputting

-h | --help prints a help message

-a | --autocopy automatically copies the output to the clipboard (requires wl-clipboard)

-r | --render-inactive render (freeze) inactive displays too

-z | --no-zoom disable the zoom lens

Building

Arch

yay -S hyprpicker-git

Manual

Install dependencies:

cmake
pkg-config
pango
cairo
wayland
wayland-protocols
hyprutils
xkbcommon

Building is done via CMake:

cmake --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -S . -B ./build
cmake --build ./build --config Release --target hyprpicker -j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF`

Install with:

cmake --install ./build

Caveats

"Freezes" your displays when picking the color.

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