xsecurelock vs XEphem

xsecurelock

X11 screen lock utility with security in mind (by google)

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XEphem

The Serious Interactive Astronomical Software Ephemeris (by XEphem)

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xsecurelock		XEphem
	Project
13	Mentions	1
860	Stars	133
1.6%	Growth	3.8%
3.3	Activity	6.6
2 months ago	Latest Commit	7 days ago
C	Language	C
Apache License 2.0	License	MIT License

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xsecurelock

Posts with mentions or reviews of xsecurelock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.

Cool but Obscure X11 Apps
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jul 2023

Anyone here use https://github.com/google/xsecurelock?
I found it while going through reddit.com/r/unixporn and looking at other peoples tiling window manager setups.
Configure xsecurelock with fprintd
1 project | /r/archlinux | 30 Nov 2022

Hey there, I am using xsecurelock (https://github.com/google/xsecurelock, xsecurelock-git from AUR) since a while and I am very happy with it. I would like to go further with fingerprint authentication. I know how PAM works, rode the README but I am afraid to screw it up and get locked out.
i3lock alternatives
4 projects | dev.to | 10 Aug 2022
System hangs on resumption
2 projects | /r/voidlinux | 18 Oct 2021

How do I fix this hanging behavior? Would using, say, xsecurelock or slock resolve the issue?
Ask HN: Linux Desktop Environment with Taskbar?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Aug 2021
Multiple Questions Regarding Hibernation/Suspend, and LED keys (Laptop)
1 project | /r/archlinux | 5 May 2021
Can you have a video as a background for i3lock?
3 projects | /r/i3wm | 22 Mar 2021

I replaced i3lock with this https://github.com/google/xsecurelock
Creating a Custom Lock-screen from Scratch
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 6 Feb 2021

https://github.com/google/xsecurelock#security-design
Found on the LTT forum
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 24 Jan 2021

Google's XSecureLock seems to be a good minimal alternative. As the name suggest, it's focused on security. For the screen-saving part it can utilize a number of program, including xscreensaver.
Kids Find a Security Flaw in Linux Mint by Mashing Keys
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Jan 2021

I'm surprised he doesn't mention XSecureLock. Its entire focus is on preventing issues like this with modularity and redundancy.
https://github.com/google/xsecurelock

XEphem

Posts with mentions or reviews of XEphem. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.