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Screensaver projects on GitHub

Screensaver applications that display animations or information while the system is idle

As of , the most-starred Screensaver projects on GitHub are Aerial (21K stars), gitlogue (5.1K stars) and xscreensaver (859 stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Screensaver repositories with 27.7K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 18 was xscreensaver, with +112 stars in a day.

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27.7KStars in total
+165Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 18

+112

xscreensaver

xscreensaver-official/xscreensaver · ★ 859

This repository is not the real XScreenSaver source code, it is a notice page. The author (known as jwz) states he does not publish a public source repository for XScreenSaver anywhere, including GitHub, and warns that any GitHub repo claiming to be the official one is not legitimate.

+25

gitlogue

unhappychoice/gitlogue · ★ 5.1K

gitlogue is a cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal: it turns your Git history into a living, animated story with realistic typing, syntax highlighting, and file tree transitions.

+15

WallpaperMachine

WallpaperMachine/WallpaperMachine · ★ 510

WallpaperMachine is a free, open-source Mac app that plays Wallpaper Engine's scene, video and web wallpapers on your desktop, downloaded straight from the Steam Workshop.

+12

cbirds

clainstone/cbirds · ★ 205

cbirds is a terminal toy that simulates Craig Reynolds' boids - a flock of birds flying around your terminal, drawn in braille by default or as real sprites in Kitty/Ghostty via the Kitty graphics protocol.

The all-time top

5 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · JohnCoates/Aerial

    Aerial

    A screensaver for macOS that plays the Apple TV Aerial Views — the aerial footage Apple TV is known for — right on your desktop.

    21K
  2. #2 · unhappychoice/gitlogue

    gitlogue

    gitlogue is a cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal: it turns your Git history into a living, animated story with realistic typing, syntax highlighting, and file tree transitions.

    5.1K
  3. #3 · xscreensaver-official/xscreensaver

    xscreensaver

    This repository is not the real XScreenSaver source code, it is a notice page. The author (known as jwz) states he does not publish a public source repository for XScreenSaver anywhere, including GitHub, and warns that any GitHub repo claiming to be the official one is not legitimate.

    859
  1. 4

    WallpaperMachine

    510WallpaperMachine/WallpaperMachine · Swift

    WallpaperMachine is a free, open-source Mac app that plays Wallpaper Engine's scene, video and web wallpapers on your desktop, downloaded straight from the Steam Workshop.

  2. 5

    cbirds

    205clainstone/cbirds · C

    cbirds is a terminal toy that simulates Craig Reynolds' boids - a flock of birds flying around your terminal, drawn in braille by default or as real sprites in Kitty/Ghostty via the Kitty graphics protocol.

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