Blackbox

This article is about the computer software. For other uses, see Blackbox (disambiguation).

Blackbox
Screenshot of Blackbox
Developer(s)	Bradley T. Hughes^[1]
Last release	0.70.1^[2] / November 3, 2005 (2005-11-03)^[3]
Development status	Discontinued
Written in	C++
Platform	Unix-like
Type	X window manager
License	MIT^[4]
Website	blackboxwm.sourceforge.net

Blackbox 0.7 Xsession running on Debian 7 GNU/Linux

In Unix computing, Blackbox is a stacking window manager for the X Window System.

Blackbox has specific design goals, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application. As no release has been made for over eight years, Blackbox is now dormant.

Blackbox is written in C++^[4]^[5] and contains completely original code.^[6] 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.^[7]

Blackbox development is no longer active.

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
Titlebars have minimize, maximize, and close buttons
Support for simple themes
Support for color changes
No support for desktop shortcuts

Related projects

There are a number of other window manager forks of Blackbox:^[8]

Fluxbox
Hackedbox
Openbox (until version 3.0)

Windows shell replacements

Although they do not share the same codebase, these projects are also inspired by Blackbox.^[9]

BB4Win (the first and most prominent clone/port of Blackbox on Windows)
bbLean
xoblite
bbZero (a branch of bbLean, currently the only actively developed)
- bbZero forum

References

1 2 ManPages/blackbox Sourceforge.net
↑ sourceforge.net, Download Blackbox
↑ SourceForge.net: blackbox
1 2 FSF.org, Blackbox - Window manager written in C++
↑ Blackbox Hacking Guide
↑ Sourceforge.net, About Blackbox
↑ "ICCCM & EWMH Compliance". Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ Sourceforge.net, Related Projects
↑ Sourceforge.net, BlackBox for Windows

External links

Official website
Blackbox at Free Software Directory

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