gtklock Alternatives

gtklock is described as 'Lockscreen based on gtkgreet. It uses the ext-session-lock Wayland protocol. Works on sway and other wlroots-based compositors' and is an app. There are six alternatives to gtklock for Linux, Wayland and i3. The best gtklock alternative is waylock, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like gtklock are i3lock-color, swaylock, hyprlock and i3lock.

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  1. 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
     

    • waylock is the most popular Linux alternative to gtklock.

    • waylock is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to gtklock.

    • waylock is Free and Open Sourcegtklock is also Free and Open Source

  2. 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
    i3lock-color screenshot 1
     

  4. 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.

    8 swaylock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     

  5. hyprlock

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    Hyprland's GPU-accelerated screen locking utility.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  6. i3lock

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    improved screen locker.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  7. 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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