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<h1 id="awesome-macos-screensavers-awesome">Awesome macOS Screensavers
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<a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome"><img
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src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg"
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alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A curated list of screensavers for macOS.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Inspired by the <a
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href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome">awesome</a> list
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thing.</p>
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<h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#clocks">Clocks</a></li>
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<li><a href="#apple-inspired">Apple Inspired</a></li>
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<li><a href="#retro">Retro</a></li>
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<li><a href="#sci-fi">Sci-Fi</a></li>
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<li><a href="#video-game">Video Game</a></li>
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<li><a href="#aquarium">Aquarium</a></li>
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<li><a href="#developer">Developer</a></li>
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<li><a href="#graphics">Graphics</a></li>
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<li><a href="#other">Other</a></li>
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<li><a href="#collections">Collections</a></li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<h2 id="clocks">Clocks</h2>
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<h3 id="fliqlo">fliqlo</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A flip clock screensaver.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="http://fliqlo.com/"><img
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src="screenshots/fliqlo.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="today">Today</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Time or date displayed in a similar way to On Kawara’s “Today Series”
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paintings.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="http://www.gingerbeardman.com/today/"><img
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src="screenshots/today.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="word-clock">Word Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A clock made of words. It switches between a circular and a paragraph
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layout.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://www.simonheys.com/wordclock/"><img
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src="screenshots/wordClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="fractal-clock">Fractal Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A clock that produces a fractal tree pattern around it as it
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moves.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="http://www.dqd.com/~mayoff/programs/FractalClock/"><img
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src="screenshots/fractalClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="epoch-flip-clock">Epoch Flip Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Unix Time (epoch) flip clock.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/chrstphrknwtn/epoch-flip-clock-screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/epochFlipClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="grid-clock">Grid Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Twelve hour time in words.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/chrstphrknwtn/grid-clock-screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/gridClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="word-clock-1">Word Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A super simple word clock, like your computer is typing the time for
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you.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/chrstphrknwtn/word-clock-screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/wordClock2.gif" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="simple-clock">Simple Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A simple clock screensaver with different analogue clock faces as
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skins.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/Simple-Clock-Screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/simpleClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="colorclock">ColorClock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Displays a solid color corresponding to the current time.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/edwardloveall/colorclocksaver"><img
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src="screenshots/colorClockSaver.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="screenmazer">ScreenMazer</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Continuously builds and then solves a maze, while displaying the
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current time.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/dado3212/screenmazer"><img
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src="screenshots/screenMazer.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="evangelion-clock">Evangelion Clock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A digital clock screensaver inspired by the graphical interfaces from
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Neon Genesis Evengelion.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/evangelion-clock-screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/evangelionClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="predator">Predator</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A predator-inspired clock screensaver.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/vpeschenkov/Predator"><img
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src="screenshots/predator.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="death-counter">Death Counter</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A simple counter screensaver that counts down to your death.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/anhmv/DeathCounter"><img
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src="screenshots/deathcounter.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="minimalclock">MinimalClock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Simple and elegant screensaver for MacOS that displays the time.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/mattiarossini/MinimalClock"><img
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src="screenshots/MinimalClock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="multiclock">MultiClock</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Displays the time (and animations) using 24 individual clocks</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/amiantos/multiclock"><img
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src="screenshots/multiclock.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="flip-clock-screensaver">Flip Clock Screensaver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A flip clock screensaver that can automatically dim the screen.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.smart-app.dev/downloads/downloads.html"><img
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src="screenshots/FlipClockScreensaver.jpg" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="digital-electric">Digital Electric</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A vintage screensaver inspired by old-fashioned alarm clocks.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://quismi.com/digital-electric"><img
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src="screenshots/digital-electric-screensaver.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="apple-inspired">Apple Inspired</h2>
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<h3 id="aerial">Aerial</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial"><img
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src="screenshots/aerial.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="apple-watch">Apple Watch</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A screensaver that looks like an Apple Watch.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="http://www.rasmusnielsen.dk/applewatch/"><img
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src="screenshots/appleWatch.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="brooklyn">Brooklyn</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A screensaver inspired by Apple’s Event on October 30, 2018</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/pedrommcarrasco/Brooklyn#readme"><img
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src="screenshots/brooklyn.png" /></a></p>
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<p>Free</p>
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<h3 id="start-now">Start Now</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Draw inspiration from great minds every time you wake up your Mac</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/Ventuss-OvO/start-now-saver"><img
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src="https://github.com/Ventuss-OvO/start-now-saver/raw/main/Resources/Now.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="musaicfm">MusaicFM</h2>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A screensaver inspired by the iTunes Artwork Screensaver for Spotify
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and Last.fm.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/docterd/MusaicFM"><img
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src="screenshots/musaicFm.png" /></a></p>
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<p>Free</p>
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<h3 id="ios-lockscreen-for-macos">iOS Lockscreen for macOS</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A screensaver that looks like the lockscreen on iPhone and iPad.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="http://littleendiangamestudios.com/project/ios-8-screen-saver/"><img
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src="screenshots/iOSLockscreen.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="october-30">October 30</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Smoothly changes between 371 Apple logos from their 2018 iPad
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event.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/lekevicius/october30"><img
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src="screenshots/october30.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="fruit">Fruit</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Animated vintage Apple logo</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/ppamorim/fruit"><img
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src="screenshots/fruit.png" /></a></p>
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<p>Free</p>
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<h3 id="swiftbubble">SwiftBubble</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Recreation of the soap bubble screen saver from apple’s promotional
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videos for the new MacBook 12”</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/nemesit/SwiftBubble"><img
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src="screenshots/swiftbubble.png" /></a></p>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<h2 id="retro">Retro</h2>
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<h3 id="pongsaver">PongSaver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>PongSaver is an macOS screensaver/clock which keeps time by using the
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score of a game of Pong. The left side wins once an hour, and the right
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side wins once a minute.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://mikeash.com/software/pongsaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/pongSaver.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="textify-me">Textify Me</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This interactive screen saver turns everything in front of your
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camera into text.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>$0.99</p>
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<p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textify-me/id470453599"><img
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src="screenshots/textifyMe.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="sci-fi">Sci-Fi</h2>
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<h3 id="the-github-matrix-screensaver">The Github Matrix
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Screensaver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>The latest commits from GitHub visualized in a Matrix-style
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animation.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/winterbe/github-matrix-screensaver"><img
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src="screenshots/githubMatrix.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="starwarsscroll">StarWarsScroll</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Recreates the opening titles of the first 6 Star Wars movies.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="http://download.cnet.com/StarWarsScroll-Screen-Saver/3000-2257_4-82580.html"><img
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src="screenshots/starWarsScroll.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="matrix">Matrix</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>One interpretation of The Matrix.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/monroewilliams/MatrixDownload"><img
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src="screenshots/matrix.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="video-game">Video Game</h2>
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<h3 id="speedsver">SpeedS@ver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Plays videos of people completing speed runs of games.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/orta/SpeedS-ver"><img
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src="screenshots/speedS@ver.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="aquarium">Aquarium</h2>
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<h3 id="aquarium-live-lite">Aquarium live lite</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Video of aquariums.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a
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href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aquarium-live-lite-relaxing/id462563503"><img
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src="screenshots/aquariumLive.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="developer">Developer</h2>
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<h3 id="developer-excuses">Developer Excuses</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A macOS Screensaver which shows quotes from <a
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href="http://developerexcuses.com">http://developerexcuses.com</a>
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(unofficial).</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/kimar/DeveloperExcuses"><img
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src="screenshots/developerExcuses.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="macos-kernel-panic">MacOS Kernel Panic</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Harmless screensaver that faithfully emulates the horrifying
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experience of a kernel panic.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="http://doomlaser.com/kernel-panic-screensaver/"><img
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src="screenshots/macosKernelPanic.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="windows-kernel-panic">Windows Kernel Panic</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screensaver for Mac.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/dessibelle/Blue-Screen-Saver"><img
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src="screenshots/kernelPanic.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="octoscreen">octoscreen</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>An OS X screensaver with octicons</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/orderedlist/octoscreen"><img
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src="screenshots/octoscreen.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="graphics">Graphics</h2>
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<h3 id="electric-sheep-infinite-evolving-artwork">Electric Sheep
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Infinite Evolving Artwork</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Animations of evolving fractals.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a href="http://electricsheep.org/"><img
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src="screenshots/electricSheep.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="screensson">Screensson</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Creates unique patterns on your display by randomly stacking vector
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stencils.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Donationware</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.siggieggertsson.com/Saver-Screensson"><img
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src="screenshots/screensson.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="emoji-saver">Emoji Saver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Animates Apple, EmojiOne and Twitter Emojis in 7 different effects
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with many customizable settings.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Lite Version (Free) and Full Version ($3)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.emojisaver.eu/"><img
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src="screenshots/emojiSaver.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="life-saver">Life Saver</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Designer-friendly abstract visualization of Conway’s Game of
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Life.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.github.com/amiantos/lifesaver"><img
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src="screenshots/lifesaver.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="electropaintosx">ElectropaintOSX</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Port of the mesmerizing Silicon Graphics screensaver</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<p><a href="http://crimsonmagic.net/"><img
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src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16557/134262935-72d6194d-97b2-4de3-9a44-79cf826cc114.png"
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alt="image" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="ealain">Ealain</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Infinite and forever changing abstract art, generated by Stable
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Diffusion</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.github.com/amiantos/ealain"><img
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src="screenshots/ealain-examples.jpg" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="other">Other</h2>
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<h3 id="google-trends">Google Trends</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Shows the latest hot searches for all regions or specific
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countries.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/visualize?nrow=5&ncol=5"><img
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src="screenshots/googleTrends.png" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="last-statement">Last Statement</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Like the macOS “Word of the Day” screensaver, but instead of words
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and definitions, it’s the names and last statements of people executed
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by the State of Texas.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (Open Source)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.github.com/amiantos/last-statement"><img
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src="screenshots/last-statement.png" /></a></p>
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<h2 id="collections">Collections</h2>
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<h3 id="bjorn-johansson">Bjorn Johansson</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Digital art in the form of screensavers by designer Bjorn
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Johansson.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Free (pay what you want)</p>
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<p><a href="https://johansson.design/projects/"><img
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src="screenshots/johansson.png" /></a></p>
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<hr />
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<h2 id="license">License</h2>
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<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"><img
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src="https://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png"
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alt="CC0" /></a></p>
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<p>To the extent possible under law, <a
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href="https://twitter.com/agarrharr">Adam Garrett-Harris</a> has waived
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all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-macos-screensavers">macosscreensavers.md
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Github</a></p>
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