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24 alternatives to Colors: a screensaver

A screensaver

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Colors: a screensaver launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Countdown Screensaver▲187

   A Mac screensaver for counting down to a date

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2RA
   Rainbow – an attempt to display colour on a B&W monitor▲389

   2020 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Aerial▲495

   A beautiful aerial screensaver for your Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Screensaver Ninja▲124

   Display websites through your screensaver

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Black▲330

   A wallpaper series using shapes and lights.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6ML
   MacOS Live Screensaver – A screensaver that plays live video streams▲65

   Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Swatches▲245

   A fun and accurate color picker for the real world

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS▲166

   Hi HN, in my last vacation, I built desktopcolors.com as a place to collect iconic solid background colors. Let me know what you think.

   26d ago · desktopcolors.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Padbury Clock Screensaver▲404

   Minimal screensaver for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    UI Colors▲305

    Tailwind CSS color generator & editing tool

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ColorSlurp▲182

    The ultimate color picker for Mac

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Palette For Mac▲205

    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Saver▲100

    Geometric screensavers for Mac

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GifSaver.io for Mac▲93

    Inspirational screensaver that shows gifs you like

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15BS
    Bash Screensavers▲246

    A github project to collect a bunch of bash-based screensavers/visualizations.

    Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MultiClock Screensaver▲114

    MacOS screensaver that displays the time using 24 clocks

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    NightTone▲121

    Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Screen▲80

    The video player for video people.

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19SF
    Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui)▲119

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Colors▲103

    Build a color palette seamlessly

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    UI.Colors▲85

    Small web app with a bunch UI colors

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Flat UI Colors▲160

    Great colors for your flat designs.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sip▲157

    Simple OSX app to sample & encode any color on your screen.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    .colors()▲115

    🎨 A color picker for people who live in their text editor

    2018 · its alternatives →

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