Overview

Screen Pixel Ruler is an on-screen tool that helps you measure elements on web pages, documents, or software that don’t have a built-in ruler. It’s built on .NET 8.0 and inspired by MioPlanet PixelRuler. The software works on Windows 7 and later.

Free and open source, it’s licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.

Features

Global hotkeys to trigger functionality when other software is in focus.
Rotatable vertical or horizontal ruler. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + R
Customizable ruler themes.
Freezable position. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F
Guideline system that can lock the mouse cursor horizontally or vertically
Position 0 of the ruler to the current cursor location. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S

A list of all shorcuts can be found here.

Installation

Screen Pixel Ruler can be installed from either the Installer or via Chocolatey Package Management by running the command choco install screenpixelruler. Both the installer and package will install the .NET 8.0 desktop runtime if it is not present.

Providing feedback

You can report bugs or request features by opening an issue on the GitHub repository. Any contributions are also welcome and can be done by creating a pull request.