hypr-share-picker

Replaces the default hyprland-share-picker binary to provide a nicer UI when selecting screenshare sources.

Installation (Nix)

Packaged in thegrind-nixpkgs.

1. Add the input

# flake.nix
{
  inputs = {
    thegrind-nixpkgs.url = "git+https://gitgud.boo/thegrind/nixpkgs";
  };
}

Make the input available to your modules (specialArgs/extraSpecialArgs on your nixosSystem / homeManagerConfiguration, or _module.args), then pull the overlay in wherever you build pkgs:

nixpkgs.overlays = [ inputs.thegrind-nixpkgs.overlays.default ];

2. Set up

{ pkgs, lib, ... }:

let
  picker = pkgs.thegrind.hypr-share-picker;
in
{
  home.packages = [ picker ];

  # XDPH probes for a binary named `hyprland-share-picker` by default, so it has
  # to be told about this one explicitly.
  xdg.configFile."hypr/xdph.conf".text = ''
    screencopy {
      custom_picker_binary = ${lib.getExe picker}
    }
  '';
}

Import it from your home-manager config:

imports = [ ./hypr-share-picker.nix ];

Then restart the portal:

systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland xdg-desktop-portal

NixOS (system-wide) instead of home-manager

{ pkgs, lib, ... }:

let
  picker = pkgs.thegrind.hypr-share-picker;
in
{
  environment.systemPackages = [ picker ];

  environment.etc."xdg/hypr/xdph.conf".text = ''
    screencopy {
      custom_picker_binary = ${lib.getExe picker}
    }
  '';
}

Note a user's ~/.config/hypr/xdph.conf takes precedence over /etc/xdg.