alock (fork) Alternatives

alock (fork) is described as 'Alock is a simple screen lock application, which locks the X server until the correct password is provided' and is an app. There are six alternatives to alock (fork) for Linux, Wayland, Sway and i3. The best alock (fork) alternative is swaylock, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like alock (fork) are gtklock, waylock, i3lock-color and hyprlock.

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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
    • swaylock is the most popular Linux alternative to alock (fork).

    • swaylock is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to alock (fork).

    • swaylock is Free and Open Sourcealock (fork) is also Free and Open Source
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Sway
     
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    Waylock is a small screenlocker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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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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    Hyprland's GPU-accelerated screen locking utility.

    8 hyprlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    improved screen locker.

    8 i3lock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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