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24 alternatives to S.A.V.S. - Super Awesome Video Screensaver

Screensaver with your own videos!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. S.A.V.S. - Super Awesome Video Screensaver launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Screensaver Ninja▲124

   Display websites through your screensaver

   2015 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Video Screensaver▲11

   Video Screen Saver

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Saver▲100

   Geometric screensavers for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Phia▲446

   Beautiful screen recordings, screenshots, and 3D motion

   2024 · dina.so · its alternatives →

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   Scre.io - Screen Recorder▲77

   Record videos from the camera or capture from the screen.

   2021 · scre.io · its alternatives →

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   GifSaver.io for Mac▲93

   Inspirational screensaver that shows gifs you like

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hot Shots▲120

   A Dribbble screensaver

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Capto▲179

   A powerful new screen recorder and editor

   2016 · globaldelight.com · its alternatives →

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   Fleck Screensaver▲105

   Turn your screen into an inspiring mood board

   2015 · getfleck.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ANSI-Saver – A macOS Screensaver▲104

    Hi, I've been working on something I've been thinking for long time but since I had no experience with macOS screen savers I always posponed. Now thanks to Claude I was able to create a screensaver that scroll ANSI files while your computer is idle. It allow to use local ANS files or packs directly from 16colo.rs. Repo: https://github.com/lardissone/ansi-saver

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Screen Recorder▲330

    A minimal, ad-free screen recorder in your browser

    2020 · snipclip.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Screensaver Ninja for Windows▲22

    Never miss important information again.

    2015 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →

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    ScreenSmooth▲226

    Automatically place text behind objects in images. Create POV-style YouTube thumbnails and viral social posts for free.

    Apr 2026 · screensmooth.com · its alternatives →

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

    Use live streams as screensavers/lock screens on MacOS - hauxir/macos-live-screensaver

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An homage to Tom Dowdy's 1991 screensaver, "Kaos"▲153

    So, I was about 11 years old and just got my first Mac, a IIsi, and of course everyone had AfterDark, but there was this other screensaver program called "Dark Side of the Mac". And within it was, I think now, the most beautiful screensaver ever written. It was called Kaos. Kaos would take anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds to slowly iterate on a single image, starting with a few colored dots and growing into webs within webs of algorithmic beauty. I'm not sure how Tom Dowdy actually wrote the program. What I've done here is to try to reverse engineer how it might have worked, but to animate it…

    2025 · thestrikeagency.com · its alternatives →

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    Bash Screensavers▲246

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

    Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui)▲119

    Screensavers for your terminal. Contribute to cxreiff/ttysvr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Irvue Screensaver▲5

    Screensaver for macOS

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SaveHollywood▲92

    Play movies as your screen saver

    2016 · s.sudre.free.fr · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ScreenFlow 5▲152

    Screencasting and editing software for Mac

    2014 · telestream.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Apple Watch Screensaver▲21

    A Apple Watch Screensaver for your Mac

    2015 · rasmusnielsen.dk · its alternatives →

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    iSaver▲71

    Create a video screensaver in seconds 🎥

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Supershot▲87

    Share your best screenshots and follow other people's shots.

    2015 · supershot.io · its alternatives →

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    RecMaster▲91

    The easiest screen recorder for Windows and Mac

    2022 · recmaster.net · its alternatives →

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