After Dark screen saver
Ranked 4 of 4 screensavers by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgic memories from childhood
“Fond memories of the Confetti Factory screensaver from After Dark.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Sandboxels” “When I was a kid I really liked this After Dark screensaver”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: "Flying Toasters!" reverse-engineered 1:1, in the browser” Fun, charming time sink
“which was fun (and was a time sink ;-0)”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: ANSI-Saver – A macOS Screensaver” Charming finishing touch on a computer
“The afterdark screensaver is a real cherry on top.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250 Writerdeck”
Other screensavers people recommend
The three most recommended other screensavers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSI-Saver | 13 | 3 | 81% | 1 | — | — |
| XScreenSaver | 7 | 4 | 64% | 5 | — | — |
| Fishoid | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| After Dark screen saverThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“they look and run like crap since they're made for Windows 3.x to maybe 95/98”
“When I was a kid I really liked this After Dark screensaver”
“The afterdark screensaver is a real cherry on top.”
“which was fun (and was a time sink ;-0)”
“Fond memories of the Confetti Factory screensaver from After Dark.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.