Release / 10 Feb 2026

hyprpicker v0.4.6

Get a desktop notification with the color you picked.

Before you upgrade to v0.4.6

1 to fix

-n now means --notify; use -b (or --no-fancy) to turn off colored output. --disable-hex-preview is now --disable-preview (-d unchanged).

Action requiredGet the picked color as hex, RGB, HSL, HSV or CMYK.Affects: Scripts and key bindings that pass -n or --disable-hex-previewInferred

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Cancelling a pick now exits with code 2, so scripts can tell a cancel from a picked color.

Behavior changedAffects: Scripts that check hyprpicker's exit code

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What changed in v0.4.6

New flags: -n/--notify, -o/--output-format with {0} {1} {2} placeholders, -s/--scale (zoom 1 to 10), -u/--radius (lens 1 to 1000). Arrow keys move one pixel and Enter picks. Cancelling exits with code 2. -n no longer means --no-fancy (now -b), and --disable-hex-preview is now --disable-preview.

Also: The live preview follows the chosen output format.

v0.4.6; notifications need notify-send and a notification daemon.

New things you can do

-n or --notify.

AddedGet a desktop notification showing the color you picked.

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Fixed and improved

-o formats the output with placeholders, for example rgb({0}, {1}, {2}).

ImprovedGet the picked color as hex, RGB, HSL, HSV or CMYK.

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Arrow keys move one pixel and Enter picks; -s sets the zoom and -u the lens radius.

ImprovedPick the color of any pixel on screen with a zoom lens and get its value printed.

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Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.