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Pika makes it easy to quickly find colours onscreen, in the format you need, so you can get on with being a speedy, successful designer.\n\n\u003cimg width=\"768\" alt=\"Screenshots of the dark and light Pika interface\" src=\"https://superhighfives.com/assets/pika-readme%402x.png\"\u003e\n\n## Download\n\n**Download the latest version of the app at:\u003cbr /\u003e\n[superhighfives.com/pika](https://superhighfives.com/pika)**\n\nOr install with Homebrew:\n```bash\nbrew install --cask pika\n```\n\n## Features\n\n- Quick color picking from anywhere on screen\n- Multiple color format support (Hex, RGB, HSB, HSL, LAB, OpenGL)\n- Keyboard shortcuts for efficiency\n- URL scheme support for automation\n- System color picker integration\n- Undo/redo functionality\n- Color swapping capabilities\n\n## Learn More\n\nLearn more about the [motivations behind the project](https://medium.com/superhighfives/introducing-pika-d7725c397585), and the [product vision](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/wiki).\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.producthunt.com/golden-kitty-awards/hall-of-fame?year=2022\"\u003e\n  \u003cpicture\u003e\n    \u003csource media=\"(prefers-color-scheme: dark)\" srcset=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/449385/215260970-a3c37e86-7d2c-458e-84f8-32a6e24b0cc7.png\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg width=\"250\" alt=\"Golden Kitty Awards 2022 Finalist\" src=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/449385/215260971-e09cdbea-588a-45a9-955c-cbfd1822c2b9.png\"\u003e\n  \u003c/picture\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\n---\n\n## Requirements\n\n### OS\n\n- macOS Sequoia (Version 14) and newer\n\n## Keyboard Shortcuts\n\nAs of version `0.0.18`, Pika supports the following keyboard shortcuts:\n\n### Pick colors\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ D\u003c/kbd\u003e: Pick foreground\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ ⇧ D\u003c/kbd\u003e: Pick background\n\n### Copy colors\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ C\u003c/kbd\u003e: Copy foreground\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ ⇧ C\u003c/kbd\u003e: Copy background\n\n### Use the system colour picker\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ S\u003c/kbd\u003e: Use for foreground\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ ⇧ S\u003c/kbd\u003e: Use for background\n\n### Change formats\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 1\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format Hex\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 2\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format RGB\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 3\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format HSB\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 4\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format HSL\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 5\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format LAB\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 6\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format OpenGL\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ 7\u003c/kbd\u003e: Format OKLCH\n\n### Change colors\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ Z\u003c/kbd\u003e: Undo last pick\n- \u003ckbd\u003e⌘ ⇧ Z\u003c/kbd\u003e: Redo last pick\n- \u003ckbd\u003eX\u003c/kbd\u003e: Swap colors\n\n## URL Triggers\n\nAs of version `0.0.17`, you can trigger Pika using the `pika://` URL scheme.\n\nYou can also change the format by appending it to the URL when picking or copying. For example, `pika://pick/foreground/hex` (or rgb, hsl, hsb).\n\n### Pick colors\n- Pick foreground:\n  - `pika://pick/foreground`\n- Pick background:\n  - `pika://pick/background`\n- Pick colour with specific format:\n  - `pika://pick/foreground/hex` (or hex, rgb, hsb, hsl, lab, opengl, oklch)\n  - `pika://pick/background/hex` (or hex, rgb, hsb, hsl, lab, opengl, oklch)\n- Use the system color picker for foreground:\n  - `pika://system/foreground`\n- Use the system color picker for background:\n  - `pika://system/background`\n\n### Copy colors\n- Copy foreground:\n  - `pika://copy/foreground`\n- Copy background:\n  - `pika://copy/background`\n- Copy colour with specific format:\n  - `pika://copy/foreground/hex` (or hex, rgb, hsb, hsl, lab, opengl, oklch)\n  - `pika://copy/background/hex` (or hex, rgb, hsb, hsl, lab, opengl, oklch)\n- Copy text\n  - `pika://copy/text`\n- Copy JSON\n  - `pika://copy/json`\n\n### Change formats\n- Format Hex\n  - `pika://format/hex`\n- Format RGB\n  - `pika://format/rgb`\n- Format HSB\n  - `pika://format/hsb`\n- Format HSL\n  - `pika://format/hsl`\n- Format LAB\n  - `pika://format/lab`\n- Format OpenGL\n  - `pika://format/opengl`\n- Format OKLCH\n  - `pika://format/oklch`\n\n### Change colors\n- Undo last pick\n  - `pika://undo`\n- Redo last pick\n  - `pika://redo`\n- Swap colors\n  - `pika://swap`\n\n## Development\n\n- [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)\n- Swift Package Manager\n- [Mint](https://github.com/yonaskolb/Mint)\n\n## Getting Started with Contributing\n\nMake sure you have [mint](https://github.com/yonaskolb/Mint) installed, and bootstrap the toolchain dependencies:\n\n```\nbrew install mint\nmint bootstrap\n```\n\nOpen `Pika.xcodeproj` and to run the project. [Sparkle](https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle) requires that you have a [team and signing profile set](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/discussions/638) for the project, or it will crash with a dyld / signal SIGABRT error.\n\nIf you run into any problems, please [detail them in an issue](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/issues/new/).\n\n## Contributions\n\nAny and all contributions are welcomed. Check for [open issues](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/issues), look through the [project roadmap](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/projects/1), help [translating the app](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/tree/main/Pika/Assets) and [submit a PR](https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/compare).\n\n## Dependencies and Thanks\n\n- [Sparkle](https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle) software update framework\n- [Defaults](https://github.com/sindresorhus/Defaults)\n- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://github.com/sindresorhus/KeyboardShortcuts)\n- [Launch At Login](https://github.com/sindresorhus/LaunchAtLogin)\n- [NSWindow+Fade](https://gist.github.com/BenLeggiero/1ec89e5979bf88ca13e2393fdab15ecc)\n- [Sweetercolor](https://github.com/jathu/sweetercolor) colour extension library for Swift (slightly tweaked for NSColor, rather than UIColor)\n- [Color names](https://github.com/meodai/color-names)\n- Metal shader code in part thanks to [Smiley](https://github.com/aslr/Smiley)\n\nAnd a huge thank you to [Stormnoid](https://twitter.com/stormoid) for the incredible [2D vector field visualisation](https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4tfSRj) on Shadertoy.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsuperhighfives%2Fpika","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsuperhighfives%2Fpika","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsuperhighfives%2Fpika/lists"}