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Desktop Colour Picker vs Frontend Hero
Desktop Colour Picker picks colors from the screen, but Frontend Hero provides in-page color picking plus many other tools.
Desktop Colour PickerPick HTML Colours from any screen, and choose from colour pickers
Frontend Hero 1-in-10 browser extension for frontend devs.Which to pick
Pick Desktop Colour Picker if you want…
- Quick screen colour picking
- A free plan to start with
Pick Frontend Hero if you want…
- All-in-one UI inspection toolbox
Side by side
- What it is
- Desktop Colour Picker:Desktop Colour Picker lets you grab HTML colours from any screen and manage palettes.
- Frontend Hero:Frontend Hero is a Chrome-based extension that bundles 11 frontend developer tools into one toolbar.
- Best for
- Desktop Colour Picker:Quick screen colour picking
- Frontend Hero:All-in-one UI inspection toolbox
- Who it’s for
- Desktop Colour Picker:Designers and developers who need to sample colors from their desktop.
- Frontend Hero:Frontend developers who use Chromium browsers and want a single extension for UI inspection and editing.
- Pricing
- Desktop Colour Picker:Freemium
- Frontend Hero:Paid
- Works with
- Desktop Colour Picker:—
- Frontend Hero:Chrome, Brave, Edge, Chromium-based browsers
Desktop Colour Picker features
- Multi-monitor support. Works across multiple monitors, including 4K and different scale settings.
- Colour history. Stores a history of selected colours for easy reuse.
- Light/Dark mode. Adapts to system theme for comfortable use.
- HEX input chooser. Enter or adjust colours directly via HEX values.
- Palette creation. Upgrade to create and manage colour palettes for projects.
Frontend Hero features
- CSS Spy. Inspect and live-edit all styles, including media queries and pseudo-classes.
- Element Screenshot. Capture any page element as an image with one click.
- Console Spy. View console messages and network requests in floating bubbles without opening DevTools.
- Tailwind Scanner. Extract, edit, and disable Tailwind classes on any element.
- Tailwind Converter. Convert CSS styles of an element to Tailwind utilities instantly.
- Color Picker. Pick colors from the page and copy them in Hex, RGB, HSL or Tailwind format.
- Font Spy. Detect all fonts on a page with weights and Google Fonts identification.
- Page Ruler. Measure elements with pixel-perfect rulers, snapping guides and resizable edges.
Desktop Colour Picker vs Frontend Hero FAQ
Is Desktop Colour Picker or Frontend Hero free?+
Desktop Colour Picker has a free plan and paid plans. Frontend Hero is paid.
On DevHunt
Desktop Colour Picker
16 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Sep 19, 2023
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