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xscreensaver-official / xscreensaver

xscreensaver

There is no official XScreenSaver GitHub repository.

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What it is

There is no official XScreenSaver GitHub repository.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-10-20 08:51:31 UTC to 2026-10-20 14:45:06 UTC.

012026-10-20 08:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsOct 20, 08:002026-10-20 09:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-20 10:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-20 11:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 20, 11:002026-10-20 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-20 13:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-20 14:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 20, 14:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 20, 08:002026-10-20 08:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 09:00:00 UTC110
Oct 20, 09:002026-10-20 09:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 10:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20, 10:002026-10-20 10:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 11:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20, 11:002026-10-20 11:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20, 12:002026-10-20 12:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 13:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20, 13:002026-10-20 13:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 14:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20, 14:002026-10-20 14:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 15:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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graemep·Oct 20, 2026
Because I do not think making github a way of verifying things is a good idea. It encourages people to assume that whatever they find on github is safe. The code is not there, but the jwz has a github repo saying it is not there: https://github.com/xscreensaver-official/xscreensaver As for "happens every day". How often, really? JWZ says "I strongly recommend that you install a binary package rather than compiling it yourself." I would guess very few end users compile xscreensaver themselves.
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