Pika

It's been a minute, but I am very amped about this release. 1.1.0 introduces four major feature enhancements that make Pika significantly better. APCA support, more consistent contrast calculations, and SwiftUI and LAB outputs and rendering. Thank you to @capjan, @johnswords, @alikia2x, and @sona-mini-studio for your contributions. Incredible!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

New features

• APCA contrast algorithm: Implemented APCA (Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm) as an alternative to traditional WCAG contrast calculations (it's in Settings)
• sRGB contrast calculations: More accurate contrast ratio calculations using the sRGB color s

It's been a minute, but I am very amped about this beta. 1.1.0-beta1 introduces four major feature enhancements that make Pika significantly better. APCA support, more consistent constrast calculations, and SwiftUI and LAB outputs and rendering. Thank you to @capjan, @johnswords, @alikia2x, and @sona-mini-studio for your contributions. Incredible!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

New features

• APCA contrast algorithm: Implemented APCA (Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm) as an alternative to traditional WCAG contrast calculations (it's in Settings)

Improvements to the system colour panel, including better support for colour spaces.

Since 1.0.0, Pika has been available on the Mac App Store. The goal with releasing it on the Mac App Store is to give people the option to pay for it. You can still download it for free from the website, but if you want to support the development of Pika, now you can. You'll get the same releases as everyone else (minus the betas) and you'll know you supported indie app development. Everyone wins. You can find it on the Mac App Store right here.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Bug Fixes

• improvements to the system colour panel
• better support for colour spaces when using the system colour panel

Just a couple bug fixes, nothing to see here.

Since 1.0.0, Pika has been available on the Mac App Store. The goal with releasing it on the Mac App Store is to give people the option to pay for it. You can still download it for free from the website, but if you want to support the development of Pika, now you can. You'll get the same releases as everyone else (minus the betas) and you'll know you supported indie app development. Everyone wins. You can find it on the Mac App Store right here.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Bug Fixes

• fixes some dark mode issues
• fixes a bug where the Pika icon would display in the dock even when it wasn't supposed to (thanks for flagging, @heitorgn!)

This release marks the big 1.0. Pika has been noodling along as 0.0.X releases since its inception, so in an attempt at acknowledging that it's a functional app, it's time for a whole number. This release also marks the first time it will be available on the Mac App Store.

The goal with releasing it on the Mac App Store is to give people the option to pay for it. You can still download it for free from the website, but if you want to support the development of Pika, you can pay for it on the Mac App Store. You'll get the same releases as everyone else (minus the betas) and you'll know you supported indie app development. Everyone wins. You can find it on the Mac App Store right here.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• Pi

This release might be the most excited I've been about a release of Pika in a minute (and I'm usually pretty excited). It adds an incredible amount of functionality, in that you can now use the system picker alongside Pika. That means you can drop in hex codes, darken and lighten colours, and generally have more granular control over colour contrast. It makes finding the right colour possible, which hasn't been possible previously.

And it's all thanks to suggestions from @alexkaessner. Thanks for being great.

And if that wasn't enough, it also adds support for OpenGL colours (cheers @cadupuy), simplified and traditional Chinese translations (thanks @Ssssv11), and fixes a bunch of bugs throughout the app, including some issues with hovering, which seems to finally work how I'd expect in Sequoia (credit to @abi

Gearing up to release 0.0.18. This release fixes some bugs throughout the app, including some issues with hovering (thanks @abinesan and @ajijoyo).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Bug Fixes

• fixes a bunch of minor inconsistencies and weirdness, mostly around hover states

This beta might be the most excited I've been about a release of Pika in a minute (and I'm usually pretty excited). It adds an incredible amount of functionality, in that you can now use the system picker alongside Pika. That means you can drop in hex codes, darken and lighten colours, and generally have more granular control over colour contrast.

And if that wasn't enough, it also adds support for OpenGL colours. Joy!

And it's all thanks to suggestions from @alexkaessner and @cadupuy. Thanks for being great.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds support for using the system colour picker

This release adds simplified and traditional Chinese tranlations thanks to @Ssssv11. Thanks so much!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• simplified and traditional Chinese tranlations

Version 0.0.17! Happy days!

This release increases the number of keyboard shortcuts (and updates swap color to x to more closely match other design software), and adds the pika:// URL scheme so you can write more complex scripts to pick, format, and copy colors. You can learn more about it here (and thanks @Hydro8). It also adds a setting to have Pika show at launch (thanks @franciscolourenco).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds new keyboard shortcuts
• adds the pika:// URL scheme so you can write more complex scripts to interact with Pika
• adds a setting to show Pika at launch
• minor visual updates to settings

Minor update to the URL schemes in this update. You can now append the format you'd like to the pika:// URL scheme when picking and copying. You can learn more about it here (thanks @Hydro8).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds more URL schemes for triggering