swaylock Alternatives

swaylock is described as 'Screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with any Wayland compositor which implements the ext-session-lock-v1 Wayland protocol' and is an app. There are six alternatives to swaylock for Linux, Wayland, Sway and i3. The best swaylock alternative is i3lock-color, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like swaylock are waylock, gtklock, hyprlock and i3lock.

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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 swaylock.

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

    • i3lock-color is Free and Open Sourceswaylock is also Free and Open Source
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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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    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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    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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    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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