Open Source Windows Screen Savers
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View 92 business solutionsBrowse free open source Screen Savers and projects for Windows below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Screen Savers by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Video Screensaver
A Windows screensaver that plays videos, with or without sound.
A basic video player screensaver for Windows, written in C#. Requires .NET 4.5 runtimes. Compatible with most video formats. Hard to find good alternatives out there, so I wrote my own. -
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Display power off utility. Powers off desktop/notebook display and optionally locks workstation. Can be set as a screensaver. Can be launched as a system tray icon application.
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Really Slick Screensavers is primarily a collection of eye candy. The various libraries included in this project may be used for the creation of other screensavers or to support other software projects.
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DVD Screensaver
DVD Animation Screensaver for Windows and macOS
Relive the nostalgic charm of the iconic bouncing DVD logo with this mesmerizing free screensaver! Watch as the classic logo gracefully glides across your screen, bouncing off the edges in smooth, satisfying motion. This free DVD screensaver features a collection of 8 unique DVD logo designs, randomly selecting one each time it launches. Every viewing experience feels fresh, as the logo starts from a random position and travels in an unpredictable direction. Will it hit the corner? Keep watching to find out! Built with OpenGL technology, this DVD screensaver delivers buttery-smooth animation and crisp visuals regardless of your display configuration. Whether you're running a compact laptop screen or an expansive 4K monitor, the performance remains flawless with no stuttering or frame drops. Looking for a DVD screensaver for Windows that combines nostalgia with modern performance? This hypnotic display creates perfect ambient visuals for any environment. -
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Aurora Borealis Bliss Screensaver
Free animated effects screensaver for Windows and macOS
Aurora Borealis Bliss is a free screensaver that brings the calm beauty of the northern night sky to your PC. Designed to run smoothly on any screen resolution, it fills your display with a deep, star-lit sky and softly animated blue northern lights. As the stars slowly drift across the darkness and the aurora gently moves overhead, your screen becomes a peaceful window into the polar night. Whether on a standard monitor or an ultra-wide display, the animation adapts perfectly, creating an immersive and relaxing atmosphere. Refresh your PC with a new screensaver and enjoy the tranquil motion of the stars and the serene glow of the aurora every time your screen rests. -
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StayAwake
Temporary disables screensaver, sleep mode, hibernation via tray menu.
Stay Awake allows to temporarily disable the screensaver, going to sleep or hibernation mode and everything else that is started automatically when the system is idle. This is very useful if you want to watch a movie and you have to move the mouse every few minutes to avoid the screensaver. It can be also useful if you would like to disable the screensaver, but it's not possible because of some sort of security policy. -
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Whorld
psychedelic sacred geometry visualizer
Whorld is a free, open-source visualizer for sacred geometry. It uses math to create a seamless animation of mesmerizing psychedelic images. You can VJ / veejay with it, make unique digital artwork with it, or sit back and watch it like a screensaver -
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Karsten SlideShow is a playlist-based slide show program for picture and movie files on Windows. It offers flexible, item-related control over the presentation sequence, and runs shows in a window, the screen saver, or the desktop wallpaper.
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Live wallpapers
For Use With Plastuer For Windows Or Similar Program.
This is a set of Live Wallpapers for use with Plastuer or Wallpaper Engine. Almost all wallpapers can be adjusted by editing the included files excluding video formatted files 'MP4'. NotePad++ is recommended for editing html and other files. *Not all wallpapers have mouse tracking. -
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A 3D matrix screensaver based on The Matrix Reloaded. Supports widescreen setups, and can be run on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD and many other UNIX based operating systems.
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Explore procedural worlds on your GPU. Worlds are defined by GLSL programs that map XYZ coordinates to the distance to the nearest surface. Design your own worlds, modify parameters in realtime and render hires videos of your recorded journey.
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Realistic Fire Screensaver
OpenGL realistic fire animation screensaver for Windows and macOS
People always praised fire. It attracted them since a long time. People cooked food using fire. Sometimes it has protected them from wild animals. It also lights their home at night and warms when it is cold outside. But it is not safe to create open fire at home! So we offer you to enjoy fire effects using your personal computer. Realistic Fire Screensaver is one of the best flame simulation by modern OpenGL video card. You will see flame with sparkes and smoke clouds. Relax and meditate with free flame screensaver! Screensaver is compatible with 4K and HD monitors and any modern Windows operating system. Just download and install free fire screensaver for your desktop PC. -
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Linux Screensavers for Microsoft Windows
Linux distributions which run as screensavers for Microsoft Windows
Two Linux distributions which run as screensavers for Microsoft Windows. One contains educational software aimed roughly at UK Key Stage 2 (8-11 years old); the other contains many open source games. To use, 'extract all' the zip files, run the installer 'exe's, and then select either the 'fr2' or 'gk2' screensaver. The git repository also contains a script which will build the material to run under Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2. These screensavers were featured by the Linux Foundation here https://www.linux.com/featured/linux-as-a-screensaver-for-windows-the-gift-of-open-source-games-and-sboms-for-the-holidays/ and were mentioned in the OpenSource.com 2022 gift list here https://opensource.com/article/22/11/gift-ideas-open-source-enthusiasts. File QemuSaverOpen-1-10.torrent , the featured download, will fetch the release for you. Versions of these screensavers date back to 2005 when they were featured in an IBM Developerworks article. -
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BubbleClock
A Windows Screensaver Like IPhone Standby
BubbleClock is a simple windows screensaver that can make the windows standby display similar to the iPhone standby digital clock. -
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Matrix Screensaver
Animated screensaver that replicates the falling matrix code
The Matrix Screensaver is an animated screensaver that replicates the falling green matrix code from the movie on your desktop, built on Flash and open-source. -
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A screensaver which runs Mame games for a specified time. It can be configured to play only certain games.
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A port of Calum Robinson's Flurry Screen Saver to Win32. The goal is to provide a Windows version of this screensaver for those of us without a Mac.
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AwesomeWallpaper
Plays video, shows images and system info on your desktop wallpaper
AwesomeWallpaper plays videos, shows images and system information on your desktop wallpaper. Image. Shows an image on your desktop. Gallery. Shows several images on your desktop. Video. Plays a video on your desktop. Web. Allows to view web pages, including youtube in the embed mode. System Information. Shows system information on your desktop as Sysinternals BgInfo tool. Requirements. OS Windows 8.1, 10 .NET Framework 4.6.1 -
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An application I designed with animated fish swimming in a tank. The fish swim with in the window boundaries. If they reach/touch the wall they turn another direction. User can specify the number of fish and the speed. The background image can be swa
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Bezier3D
the good old Bezier screensaver how it would look like today
Remember the pixely Bezier lines? They're gone. Now we have transparent, anti aliased polygons in true 3D. The future of this is already clear: real time path tracing of turbid media, and a haze of glowing droplets. Just wait. -
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Java Slideshow is a platform independent image viewer especially for huge collections. It provides an easy command line interface, supports tagging and view by category, zoom, move and has some file manager functions like delete file or find duplicates.
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winKeyLock utility enables to lock computer access quickly. Disables the Windows keyboard and mouse so a DVD/Movie can be watched by a small child without changing anything! During lock the current screen stays transparent not like during screen server.
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Aquarium Screensaver
Windows Aquarium and Fish Screensaver
Aquarium Screensaver is a Free next-generation virtual aquarium and fish tank screensaver that brings the beauty of freshwater aquariums to your desktop with amazing realism. Video rendering is done using Flash to reduce CPU and memory use. -
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California Dreams
A Screen Saver For Windows
A beautiful Screen Saver with audio for Windows . One of the SherwoodSource 'RTX ON' Screen Saver Collection. Only on SourceForge!
