meskarune/i3lock-fancy

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1564 stars · 183 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A bash script wrapper around i3lock that takes a screenshot of the desktop, blurs or pixelates it, and overlays a lock icon and text to create a stylized lock screen. It is designed for the i3 window manager and similar X11 environments.

Use cases

• lock my i3 desktop with a blurred screenshot background
• add a fancy lock screen to my window manager
• pixelate the screen instead of blurring when locking
• automatically lock the screen after inactivity with xautolock
• customize the lock screen font and text prompt
• lock the screen on suspend with systemd

When to choose

• you use i3 or another X11 window manager and want an attractive lock screen
• you want a simple script-based lock screen with blur, pixelate, or greyscale effects
• you need customizable fonts, text, and screenshot backends like scrot or maim

When to avoid

• you are on Wayland, since i3lock and this script are X11-only
• you want a full-featured authentication lock screen without external dependencies
• you need a GUI-configurable lock screen rather than a shell script

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli security developer-tools operating-systems desktop-applications security cli i3wm i3lock lock-screen bash-script window-manager command-line linux

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