BSD Ports

x11/xscreensaver 6.09 DragonFly

Save your screen while you entertain your cat

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
MIT
Categories
x11
Package size
12873.6 KiB, 45209.7 KiB installed

Description

Xscreensaver will run several programs to continuously update the screen instead of going blank. You can specify the programs and their arguments using resources. You can also add dpms (power saver) options.

Xscreensaver will make use of any installed OpenGL libraries, such as Mesa (also in the ports collection).

The client-server model employed by xscreensaver make it a superior choice to xlock, since no separate auto-locking program is needed. It's also extremely easy to add new programs like xearth, or any other program that can fill the root window as additional screensavers.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 6.17, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlyx11/xscreensaver6.09 behind since 2026-07-22none known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDx11/xscreensaver6.17 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-10-16
OpenBSDx11/xscreensaver6.15p1 behind since 2026-09-07no data-The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>-
NetBSDx11/xscreensaver6.15nb2 behind since 2026-09-07none known-[email protected]2026-10-13
MidnightBSDx11/xscreensaver6.17 newestno data-[email protected]2026-10-20
HardenedBSDx11/xscreensaver6.16 behind since 2026-10-13no data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDx11/xscreensaver6.16 behind since 2026-10-13no data-[email protected]-

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Install

Binary package:

pkg install xscreensaver

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/x11/xscreensaver && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Run dependencies 32
Required by 1