i3lock Alternatives

i3lock is described as 'Improved screen locker' and is an app. There are six alternatives to i3lock for Linux, Wayland, Sway and i3. The best i3lock alternative is i3lock-color, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like i3lock are gtklock, swaylock, waylock and alock (fork).

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i3lock-color
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The world's most popular non-default computer lockscreen. A modern version of i3lock with color functionality and other features.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
i3
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gtklock
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gtklock is a lockscreen based on gtkgreet. It uses the ext-session-lock Wayland protocol. Works on sway and other wlroots-based compositors.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
Sway
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swaylock
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Screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with any Wayland compositor which implements the ext-session-lock-v1 Wayland protocol.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
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waylock
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Waylock is a small screenlocker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (ISC)
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
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alock (fork)
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Alock is a simple screen lock application, which locks the X server until the correct password is provided.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
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hyprlock
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Hyprland's GPU-accelerated screen locking utility.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
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