# liquidx/webviewscreensaver

Mac OS X Screen Saver powered by a Web View

Repository: https://github.com/liquidx/webviewscreensaver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webviewscreensaver
Language: Objective-C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-11-15T20:57:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 25, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5859, "days_push": 291, "days_rel": 291, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1342, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:26.238099+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS screen saver plugin that renders web pages inside a WebKit view, cycling through a configurable list of URLs. It can be installed via Homebrew or from releases and configured through System Settings.

## Use cases
- display a live dashboard as my mac screensaver
- cycle through web pages on my screen saver
- show a website when my mac is idle
- use a local html page as a screensaver
- build a custom screensaver with web content

## When to choose
- you want a macOS screensaver that shows any web page or local HTML
- you want to rotate dashboards or status pages while your machine is idle
- you prefer installing via Homebrew cask

## When to avoid
- you need a screensaver on Linux or Windows
- you need offline non-web screensaver content
- ad hoc signing and Gatekeeper prompts are unacceptable in your environment

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: gui, browser-extension, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: screensaver, webview, objective-c, macos-screensaver, homebrew, macos, apple-ecosystem

## Member repositories
- liquidx/webviewscreensaver (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.238099+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 2026-08-30T04:43:41.659685+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/liquidx/webviewscreensaver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.238099+00:00, sha e6a1dfc22956)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.