Blackbox
Free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System
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Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System.[5][6]
| Blackbox | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of Blackbox | |
| Developer | Bradley T. Hughes[1] up to version 0.70.1_SL7,[2] onwards forked by Brian Bidulock |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Platform | Unix-like |
| Type | X window manager |
| License | MIT[4] |
| Website | Bradley T. Hughes' repository Repository of Brian Bidulock's fork |
| Repository | |
Blackbox has specific design goals, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application.
Blackbox is written in C++[4][7] and contains completely original code.[8] It was created by Bradley T. Hughes[1] and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.[9]
The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,[10] leaving the last original version at 0.70.1. However an actively maintained fork by Brian Bidulock has been picked up by several Linux distributions in its place,[11][12][13] and it is featured in pkgsrc.[14] Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,[15][16] as does FreeBSD.[17]
Features
Features of the Blackbox window manager include:
- A stacking window manager
- Written in C++
- Freely available under the MIT license
- Compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints Specification
- Title bars have minimize, maximize, and close buttons
- Support for simple themes
- Support for color changes
- No support for desktop shortcuts
- Compatibility with both KDE and GNOME[18]
