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Color Picker

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A modern, sleek desktop color picker application for Windows and macOS.

License: GPL v3 Buy Me A Coffee

Features

🎨 Real-time Color Picking

  • Hover over any pixel on your screen to get its color
  • Global hotkey support for quick color picking
  • Shows color preview in real-time

🎯 Multiple Color Formats

  • HEX color codes
  • RGB values
  • CMYK values

📚 Color History

  • Automatically saves picked colors
  • Easy access to previously picked colors
  • Copy color values with a single click

⚙️ Customization

  • Configurable hotkeys
  • Light/Dark theme support
  • Customizable UI preferences

🔄 Auto Updates

  • Automatic update checks
  • Easy one-click updates
  • Silent installation process

Screenshots

Color Picker

Color Picker

Color History

History

Settings

Settings

Installation

Windows

  1. Download the latest installer from the Releases page
  2. Run the installer
  3. Launch Color Picker from the Start Menu or from the desktop shortcut

macOS

Coming Soon, but you can build it from source.

Building from Source

Prerequisites

  • Flutter SDK (3.0.0 or higher)
  • Git
  • Windows:
    • Visual Studio 2019 or later with C++ development tools
    • Windows 10 SDK
  • macOS:
    • Xcode
    • CocoaPods

Windows Build

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Pimzino/ColorPicker.git
cd ColorPicker

# Get dependencies
flutter pub get

# Build Windows release
flutter build windows --release

macOS Build

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Pimzino/ColorPicker.git
cd ColorPicker

# Get dependencies
flutter pub get

# Build macOS release
flutter build macos --release

Tech Stack

  • Framework: Flutter
  • Language: Dart
  • Platform APIs:
    • Windows: Win32 API
    • macOS: Cocoa API (coming soon)
  • Key Packages:
    • hotkey_manager: Global hotkey support
    • window_manager: Window management
    • provider: State management
    • shared_preferences: Settings storage
    • win32: Windows API integration

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

  1. Fork the Project
  2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

Support

If you find this project helpful, consider buying me a coffee:

Buy Me A Coffee

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

  • Developer: Pimzino
  • Contributors: @pimzino
  • Icons: Google Material Icons

Acknowledgments

  • Thanks to the Flutter team for the amazing framework
  • The open-source community for their invaluable tools and libraries

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