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betterlockscreen		betterlockscreen
	Project
4	Mentions	12
1,630	Stars	2,410
-	Growth	0.8%
7.8	Activity	3.9
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
Shell	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	MIT License

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betterlockscreen

Posts with mentions or reviews of betterlockscreen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-05.

Lock screen woes
2 projects | /r/archlinux | 5 Jun 2021

The betterlockscreen package (https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen) has stopped working for me all of a sudden.. I'm not sure why. I've switched to slock following the instructions on the arch wiki but I've noticed if i suspend my computer with music or audio playing, when i wake it the music restarts even before I've unlocked it. Does anyone know how to fix that?
Arch Linux base - how should I continue?
2 projects | /r/archlinux | 27 Feb 2021

Might I also recommend this super lightweight lock screen - https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen
Typing effect for unlocking action
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 18 Jan 2021

From https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen/blob/master/betterlockscreen
White flash when calling betterlockscreen, any ideas why?
1 project | /r/archlinux | 15 Jan 2021

FIXED by following this https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen/pull/187 Turns out betterlockscreen is literally just a bash script, and easy to make changes to. Just needed to change the call to i3lock. Thanks anyway!

betterlockscreen

Posts with mentions or reviews of betterlockscreen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-25.

Locking screen on i3
1 project | /r/archlinux | 21 Apr 2023

I use betterlockscreen :)
How to replace i3wm lockscreen?
3 projects | /r/i3wm | 25 Mar 2023

My only problem right now is that I absolutely hate how i3lock looks. I tried follow the installation steps of betterlockscreen to try to have it replaced. I have so far managed to setup a keybind that locks my machine using betterlockscreen.
Why this service is failed?
1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 14 Dec 2022

service?https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen
Cannot make lock screen work in Runit
1 project | /r/artixlinux | 2 Dec 2022

I'm looking for a lock screen for my laptop. Previously I used betterlockscreen on Arch with systemd, but I really don't understand how to make it work with runit.
How to get swaylock effects to look like this
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 29 Oct 2022

looks like betterlockscreen but i don't know whether it has sway compatibility
i3lock alternatives
4 projects | dev.to | 10 Aug 2022
Its not about systemd bad becaus unix philosophy!111!!! its about I wanna choose my init system independent from distro of my choise.
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 10 Jul 2022

For my use I didn't really encounter that many issues. I used OpenRC, and had some issues with betterlockscreen, but I think I solved it fairly fast with xss-lock. Since I also a MX Master 3 I had some issues with having the logiops daemon start a startup, but also this wasn't much of an issue because of the Gentoo forums.
Just wondering what setting a lockscreen service would impact my other DE experience
1 project | /r/bspwm | 25 Apr 2022

You should be able to disable screen locking in the DE's settings. Someone mentioned it in this GitHub issue
i3 to launch script on login
2 projects | /r/i3wm | 19 Nov 2021

I'm using xidlehook suggested script that you can find here with betterlockscreen instead of i3lock
Systemd service for swaylock
1 project | /r/swaywm | 5 Nov 2021

While I was using awesome I used a slightly modified systemd file from betterlockscreen which looks like this:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing betterlockscreen and betterlockscreen you can also consider the following projects:

swaylock-effects - Swaylock, with fancy effects

multilockscreen - :lock: i3lock wrapper with multi-monitor support

i3lock-color - The world's most popular non-default computer lockscreen.

i3lock-fancy - i3lock script that takes a screenshot of the desktop, blurs the background and adds a lock icon and text

sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere

conky-manager2 - Fork of GUI for managing Conky widgets. Support added for latest conky config version, and works with Ubuntu 16-22, Mint 18-21 and more.

xidlehook - GitLab: https://gitlab.com/jD91mZM2/xidlehook

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