i3lock

Simple screen locker built for the i3 window manager. More information: <https://i3wm.org/i3lock>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/i3lock.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install i3lock
Ubuntu
apt-get install i3lock
Alpine
apk add i3lock
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S i3lock
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install i3lock
Fedora
dnf install i3lock
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install i3lock
Raspbian
apt-get install i3lock
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/i3lock i3lock powered by Commando

Simple screen locker built for the i3 window manager. More information: <https://i3wm.org/i3lock>.

  • Lock the screen showing a white background:
    i3lock
  • Lock the screen with a simple color background (rrggbb format):
    i3lock --color 0000ff
  • Lock the screen to a PNG background:
    i3lock --image path/to/file.png
  • Lock the screen and disable the unlock indicator (removes feedback on keypress):
    i3lock --no-unlock-indicator
  • Lock the screen and don't hide the mouse pointer:
    i3lock --pointer default
  • Lock the screen to a PNG background tiled over all monitors:
    i3lock --image path/to/file.png --tiling
  • Lock the screen and show the number of failed login attempts:
    i3lock --show-failed-attempts

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