Featured Article Screensaver
The Featured Article screensaver is a calm reader for Wikipedia's Today's Featured Article — the hand-picked best of the encyclopedia — turning to a fresh story each day, from the Wikimedia feed. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Featured Article screensaver works
The saver fetches Wikipedia's Today's Featured Article from the key-less Wikimedia REST feed.
It lays out the title and summary as a clean, quiet reading page in a serif type.
If the summary is long it drifts gently so you can read the whole thing without touching anything.
Each day Wikipedia chooses a new featured article and the page turns over to it automatically.
A worked example
The page opens to the day's pick — perhaps a medieval cathedral, a deep-sea creature or a forgotten battle — its title in serif across the top and a few calm paragraphs of summary drifting slowly below.
Settings & tips
- Accent recolours the masthead.
- Background sets the page colour.
- The article changes automatically each day.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the article today's?
- Yes. It comes from Wikipedia's Today's Featured Article feed, so it matches the article featured on the front page today.
- Where does the text come from?
- From the Wikimedia REST feed's summary of the featured article — a few paragraphs, not the whole page.
- Does it need a key?
- No. The Wikimedia feed is free and key-less and CORS-enabled, so the saver reads it directly in your browser.
- Does the article change?
- Yes. Wikipedia picks a new featured article each day, and the page turns over to it automatically.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.