---
id: mouseinfo
version: "0.1.3"
license: GPLv3+
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: abandoned
---

# MouseInfo — An application to display XY position and RGB color information for the pixel currently under the mouse. Works on Python 2 and 3.

License: copyleft · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 2.9M/mo

## What it is and what it does

MouseInfo is a standalone GUI application that tracks your mouse cursor position and samples the RGB color of the pixel directly beneath it. It displays both decimal RGB values (0–255) and hex equivalents, along with live XY coordinates. The application includes buttons to copy the current mouse state to the clipboard or log it to an internal text field; logged data can be saved to a file, and screenshots can also be captured.

It is designed for developers planning GUI automation scripts—particularly those using tools like PyAutoGUI—who need to identify exact screen coordinates and color values for clickable elements or visual markers. You run it as a standalone tool (python3 -m mouseinfo) or call mouseinfo.mouseInfo() from your own code. The package is abandoned and has not been updated since 2020, so it may have compatibility issues with modern Python or operating system versions.

Use it for:

- Identify exact screen coordinates of UI elements before writing PyAutoGUI or similar automation scripts.
- Sample pixel colors from a GUI to use as visual markers or verification points in automated tests.
- Log a series of mouse positions and colors to a file for later reference during test planning.
- Quickly capture a screenshot during GUI exploration without leaving the application.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

MouseInfo displays the XY coordinates and RGB color of the pixel under your mouse cursor in a GUI window, useful for planning GUI automation scripts.

No, unless you are working with legacy Python 2 or 3.7 codebases. The package is abandoned (last release 2020-03-27), has high install friction due to implicit GUI dependencies, and is likely to have compatibility issues with modern systems. For modern GUI automation coordinate discovery, consider actively maintained alternatives or platform-specific tools.

## Install

pip install mouseinfo
uv add mouseinfo
poetry add mouseinfo

## Installing MouseInfo

Before you install: Installation has high friction; the package is abandoned (last release 2020-03-27, last commit 2023-05-05) and likely depends on platform-specific GUI libraries not listed in its metadata. No runtime dependencies are declared, suggesting they may be implicit system requirements.

License in practice: Licensed under GPLv3+, a copyleft license. Any derivative work or bundled distribution must also be open-source under compatible terms.

Quickstart:

pip install mouseinfo
python3 -m mouseinfo

Or in code:
import mouseinfo
mouseinfo.mouseInfo()

Requires a display server and platform-specific GUI libraries (likely Tkinter or similar); will not run headless or on systems without a graphical environment.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works on modern Python versions beyond 3.7 (classifiers list only up to 3.7).
- What implicit system dependencies (GUI libraries, display server) are required for installation and runtime.
- Whether the abandoned status and age (last release 2020-03-27) affect compatibility with current operating systems.

## Package facts

- License: GPLv3+ (copyleft)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 2.9M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

mouse position color picker, gui automation coordinate finder, pixel color under cursor, mouse tracking utility, screen coordinate logger, rgb color sampler, automation planning tool, gui-automation, abandoned

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