hyprwm/hyprpicker

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

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137 commits

updated Sep 1, 2026

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README

hyprpicker

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

hyprpickerShort

Usage

Launch it. Click. That's it.

Options

See hyprpicker --help.

Installation

Arch

sudo pacman -S hyprpicker

Manual (Building)

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.

color
picker
wayland
wlroots

hyprwm/hyprpicker

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

C++

1,141

137 commits

updated Sep 1, 2026

See the code

README

hyprpicker

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

hyprpickerShort

Usage

Launch it. Click. That's it.

Options

See hyprpicker --help.

Installation

Arch

sudo pacman -S hyprpicker

Manual (Building)

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.

color
picker
wayland
wlroots

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