# After Dark screen saver

5 Hacker News commenters recommended After Dark screen saver and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend After Dark for nostalgic screen savers such as Flying Toasters and Confetti Factory, which they remember as fun and a real time sink.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgic memories from childhood (2 comments): "Fond memories of the Confetti Factory screensaver from After Dark." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957950)) "When I was a kid I really liked this After Dark screensaver" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432916))
- Fun, charming time sink (1 comments): "which was fun (and was a time sink ;-0)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47289780))
- Charming finishing touch on a computer (1 comments): "The afterdark screensaver is a real cherry on top." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775007))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ANSI-Saver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ansi-saver.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "After Dark screen saver", https://hackerapproved.com/p/after-dark/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).