Instant Eyedropper

Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thank you to everyone who continues to use Instant Eyedropper. It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since the first release, and it truly amazes me that the project is still in such high demand.

I know there haven't been any updates in a long time—sometimes life shifts our priorities in ways we cannot control. But recently, I finally found the time and space to return to the workbench.

Today, I'm proud to present Instant Eyedropper Reborn (IE-R). Everything you've been asking for over these past two decades is finally built in. I hope you enjoy it.

And don't worry—the Classic version isn't going anywhere. It will always remain available for download. Thank you for your incredible support all these years.

But there's more to the operational loop:

• MULTI-MONITOR — Any number of screens, mixed resolutions, fractional scaling (e.g. 1.25x)
• HIDPI NATIVE — Direct access to the physical pixel grid without interpolation or scaling artifacts.
• STASH DECK — Unlimited sequential picks, accumulated in a stack
• PRECISION CONTROL — 1px targeting for exact color isolation on high-density grids
• HYPER JUMP — Intelligent boundary detection that navigates to the next distinct color
• DYNAMIC APERTURE — Fluid adjustment of the zoom level to maintain focus on fine details
• AREA SAMPLING — Regional color extraction with averaging for textured or noisy screen surfaces
• COLOR FORMATS — 10 standard templates and fully customizable string generation
• RUNTIME TWEAKS — Adjust magnifier and font size on the fly
• HOTKEYS — System-wide activation, configurable global shortcuts or UNIX signals
• CONFIG ENGINE — Single TOML file. Preserves comments on save
• SYSTEM TRAY — Color history, format selection, and config access

IE-R is source-available and free for personal and indie use. For commercial or business licensing, please get in touch.