i3lock

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