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swaylock

Screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. More information: https://manned.org/swaylock.
  • Lock the screen showing a white background:
    swaylock
  • Lock the screen with a simple color background (rrggbb format):
    swaylock --color {{0000ff}}
  • Lock the screen to a PNG background:
    swaylock --image {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Lock the screen and disable the unlock indicator (removes feedback on keypress):
    swaylock --no-unlock-indicator
  • Lock the screen and don't hide the mouse pointer:
    swaylock --pointer {{default}}
  • Lock the screen to a PNG background tiled over all monitors:
    swaylock --image {{path/to/file.png}} --tiling
  • Lock the screen and show the number of failed login attempts:
    swaylock --show-failed-attempts
  • Load configuration from a file:
    swaylock --config {{path/to/config}}

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