Gpick
An open-source desktop color picker and palette editor written in C++ with the GTK toolkit.
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About Gpick
Gpick lets you sample any color from anywhere on the desktop and collect the results into palettes for use in graphic design applications. Beyond picking, it includes features that help build palettes, such as creating a palette from an imported source.
It is a native desktop program for Linux and Windows built with C++ and GTK. It suits designers and developers who want a color picker that works across every application on screen rather than inside one browser tab or editor.
Strengths
- Samples colors from anywhere on the desktop
- Builds and edits palettes for design applications
- Native desktop app that works offline
Limitations
- No macOS build mentioned
- GTK interface may feel out of place on Windows
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- thezbyg
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Designers who need a desktop-wide color picker with palette editing
- Categories
- Color tools, Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Gpick
Compare allSoftware that can replace Gpick for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Just Color Picker
A free portable colour picker and colour editor for Windows and macOS that works offline.
Just Color Picker is free, portable and adds a macOS version, but it is not open source and has no Linux build.
Instant Eyedropper
A free screen color picker for Windows and Linux that copies the picked color to the clipboard.
Instant Eyedropper is a free Windows and Linux picker with a magnifier and hotkey workflow, but it is not open source and its Reborn version is an early 0.1 release.
Eyedropper
A GNOME app for picking colors from the screen and viewing them in many color formats.
Eyedropper is an open-source GNOME app for Linux that picks screen colors in many formats, but it drops Windows support and palette editing.
ColorZilla
Browser extension eyedropper, color picker and gradient generator.
ColorZilla is a free browser extension eyedropper with a gradient generator, limited to picking colors inside the browser window.
Sip
A macOS menu bar color picker for collecting, organizing and sharing color palettes.
Sip is a paid macOS menu bar picker with palette organization, contrast checking and color blindness simulation, not available on Windows or Linux.
ColorSlurp
Color picker for Mac and iOS with a magnifier and palette management.
ColorSlurp is a freemium picker for Mac and iOS with a magnifier and palette management, with full features in the paid tier.
Pika
Pick colors from your screen with a macOS utility.
Pika is an MIT-licensed screen color picker for macOS only, copying colors in several formats but without Gpick's palette editing.
Colour Contrast Analyser
A free desktop app for checking foreground and background color contrast against WCAG, with eyedropper pickers.
Colour Contrast Analyser is an open-source Windows and macOS app with a screen-wide eyedropper aimed at WCAG contrast checks rather than palette editing.
Gpick as an alternative
Listings that name Gpick as an alternative.
Palettte App
A web app for creating, editing and remapping color palettes with hue, saturation and value controls.
Gpick is an open-source Windows and Linux desktop app combining a screen color picker with palette editing that works offline.
Pastel
Generate, convert and manipulate colors from the command line.
Gpick is an open-source graphical desktop picker and palette editor for Windows and Linux instead of a command-line tool.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Image Color Picker
A web tool that picks colors and extracts palettes from uploaded images, pasted screenshots or URLs.
Paletton
A long-running web color scheme designer built around a color wheel and classic harmony rules.
HTML Color Codes
A web color picker and reference for Hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH color codes.
