# betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen

🍀 sweet looking lockscreen for linux system

Repository: https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/betterlockscreen
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: i3lock, i3lock-color, i3wm, feh, lockscreen, lockscreen-background, betterlockscreen, linux, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2025-11-21T09:13:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 25, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3191, "days_push": 285, "days_rel": 290, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2653, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:07.110250+00:00)

## What it is
Betterlockscreen is a shell-based lockscreen utility for Linux that wraps i3lock to provide fast, visually appealing lock screens with image effects. It pre-processes wallpapers with blur and dim effects so locking the screen is instant.

## Use cases
- lock my linux screen with a blurred wallpaper
- make i3lock look better with effects
- fast lockscreen for i3 window manager
- set a custom lockscreen background on linux
- lock screen with dimmed desktop image
- replace default i3lock with a prettier lockscreen

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, security
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, security, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: lockscreen, i3lock, i3wm, shell-script, desktop-customization, linux

## Member repositories
- betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.110250+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:18:39.650741+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.110250+00:00, sha 9641a2718231)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.