Editing XScreenSaver (section)

{{Short description|Screensaver software}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox software
| name = XScreenSaver
| author = [[Jamie Zawinski]]
| developer = Jamie Zawinski
| screenshot = Xscreensaver xmatrix.png
| caption = XScreenSaver-demo and the [[XMatrix]] hack
| released = {{Start date and age|1992|08|17|df=yes}}
| latest release version = 6.10
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|28}}<ref>
  {{cite web
    | url = https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
    | title = Changelog
    | access-date = 15 December 2024
    }}
</ref>
| operating system = [[Unix-like|Unix]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| programming language = [[ANSI C]], [[X11]], [[OpenGL]]
| genre = [[Screensaver]]
| license = [[MIT License]]<ref>
  {{cite web
  | title = Debian XScreenSaver copyright list
  | date = 24 December 2020
  | url = https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.45+dfsg1-1_copyright
  | access-date = 24 December 2020
  }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ | jwz.org/xscreensaver/}}
}}
[[File:XScreensaver GLMatrix.webm|thumb|Xscreensaver "GLMatrix" Screensaver]]

'''XScreenSaver''' is a [[free and open-source]] collection of 240+<ref name=screenshots>
{{cite web
 | title = List of screen savers included in the XScreenSaver collection
 | date = 8 December 2020
 | url = https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/
 | access-date = 24 December 2020
}}
</ref>
[[screensaver]]s for [[Unix-like|Unix]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] operating systems. It was created by [[Jamie Zawinski]] in 1992 and is still maintained by him, with new releases coming out several times a year.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = XScreenSaver release history
 | date = 8 December 2020
 | url = https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
 | access-date = 24 December 2020
}}
</ref>