Overview
What is electric sheep?
Electric Sheep : Enhance your desktop with a stunning screensaver that is essentially the collaborative abstract artwork of thousands of people from all across the globe
In depth
A closer look at electric sheep
If you are looking for a unique way to enhance your desktop, then the Electric Sheep It is important to note that Electric Sheep comes to life when the screensaver is activated. Then the screen goes black and an animated 'sheep' appears. Behind the scenes, the screen-saver contacts a server and joins the parallel computation of new sheep. Every fifteen minutes 24/7 a new sheep is born and distributed to all clients for display. Each sheep is an animated fractal flame. Each sheep is about 4 seconds long. Its shape, motion, and color are specified by a genetic code, a long string of numbers. If you see a sheep they like, they you can press the up arrow key to vote for the sheep. Sheep that receive more votes live longer and are more likely to reproduce.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP 64 bit / Windows XP
Verdict
Should you download electric sheep?
electric sheep runs on
Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
GPLv2
license
— the installer is 29 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Screen Saver Collections.
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At a glance
electric sheep specifications
- Last updated
- Nov 16, 2025
- Requirements
- Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP 64 bit / Windows XP
- License
- GPLv2
- Operating system
- Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 29 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 541
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