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Before Light

by Before Light

Classic-style Omarchy screensavers with a bar picker, preview, and per-saver settings.

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Security review

No obvious issues detected

Deterministic scan — not a security guarantee

None
Risk level
None
Analyzed commit
b6a9bed
Scanned
1 month ago

No potentially dangerous behavior detected in the analyzed commit.

Automated analysis only — not a security guarantee.

AI advisory review

No obvious issues detected

Language-model assessment · ~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest — advisory only

Low
AI risk level
Low
Recommendation
install
Model
~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest
Analyzed commit
b6a9bed
Reviewed
1 month ago

The plugin compiles screensaver binaries from source, installs them under the user's home directory, and modifies PATH and Hyprland config to integrate with the desktop. The code is readable, documented, and reversible via the provided uninstall script. No obfuscation, credential theft, or destructive behavior was found.

  • Modifies ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua and environment.d PATH without an explicit confirmation beyond installing the plugin.
  • Runs `omarchy restart shell` after the first compile, which may be disruptive but is documented.
  • The C source files for the savers and overlay shim were not fully reviewed, but they are compiled from source and not prebuilt binaries.
How this check works

This review combines the deterministic scan (the rule-based results above) with an independent look at the plugin's code by a language model. The model reads a trimmed sample of the repository's files, the manifest, and the README, then gives a plain-language risk level and a recommendation: install (no notable danger), review (look closer first), or avoid (clearly dangerous).

It runs on the same analyzed commit as the deterministic scan and is strictly advisory — it is not a security guarantee and never blocks a plugin by itself. A human moderator still reviews plugins before they are listed.

AI advisory only — automated analysis, not a security guarantee.

Install
$ omarchy plugin add https://github.com/flynnsbit/omarchy-beforelight --enable
Desktop #Hyprland #bar #quickshell
<div align="center"> <img src="icon.png" alt="" width="120">

Before Light

Classic-style screensavers for Omarchy 4.

A bar picker, fullscreen preview, per-saver settings, and an idle hook. Original engine and pixel art. Not affiliated with Berkeley Systems, Infinisys, or After Dark.

<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Omarchy-4.x-a855f7?style=flat-square" alt="Omarchy 4.x"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Hyprland-%E2%89%A5%200.56-22d3ee?style=flat-square" alt="Hyprland 0.56+"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-64748b?style=flat-square" alt="MIT">

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<img src="preview.png" alt="The Before Light picker dropped from the Omarchy bar" width="820"> </div>

Install

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/flynnsbit/omarchy-beforelight.git --enable --yes

First enable compiles savers from source and notifies while gcc runs. When that finishes, the shell reloads so the picker has the full catalog. If enable did not place the icon:

omarchy bar add beforelight --section right

No network after install, no sudo. Setup compiles savers from engine/ on this machine (gcc, make, sdl2-config). Omarchy already has those. No prebuilt ELF binaries are shipped or installed.

What it does
Picker Click the bar icon. The ON row is the idle screensaver.
Preview Play on the selected row. Move the mouse to dismiss.
Settings Cog on savers that have knobs. Hidden when they don't.
Idle Uses the ON saver. Desktop, then a fullscreen overlay, then desktop. No terminal.
Stock TTE You can still pick Omarchy's packaged terminal screensaver.

Savers
Paper Toasters Origami-winged toasters on the breeze
Aquarium Pixel fish in a home tank
Globe Earth spinning in space
Spotlight City night with a moving beam
Starry Night Starfield over a city silhouette
Code Rain Falling green code
Warp, Worms, Bounce, Fade, Hard Rain, Rainstorm, Paper Fire, Life Forms, Logo, Messages, Randomizer Also in the list

Keys in the picker
↑ ↓ move between savers
Enter turn the focused saver ON
P preview the ON saver
Esc close

How it works

Idle. A drop-in omarchy-launch-screensaver sits on PATH ahead of Omarchy's launcher. When Before Light is selected it starts the SDL overlay directly. Stock TTE still uses a terminal if you pick Omarchy.

Covering the desktop. The saver is a wlr-layer-shell Overlay on the highest order, with exclusive zone -1, so bars, notches, notifications, and other layer-shell UI stay behind it. The lock screen still stacks above.

Settings. Stored in ~/.config/omarchy/beforelight.json. Changes apply on the next preview or idle.

Build

Savers are C + SDL2 in engine/. Plugin enable runs make into ~/.cache/beforelight and copies the results into ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver. To compile yourself:

make -C engine

Build depends on gcc, sdl2-config, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_mixer, and (for the overlay shim) wayland-scanner plus SDL3.

Remove

omarchy-beforelight-uninstall

That unloads the plugin and removes the wrapper, overlay shim, compiled savers, Hyprland snippet, cache, and config. First enable shows a notification while savers compile.

License

MIT.