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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    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 is the most popular Linux alternative to i3lock.

    • i3lock-color is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to i3lock.

    • i3lock-color is Free and Open Sourcei3lock 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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    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
     
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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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    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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    Hyprland's GPU-accelerated screen locking utility.

    8 hyprlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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