Blackbox

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File:Blackbox 0.7.ogv

Blackbox 0.7 Xsession running on Debian 7 Linux

Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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++<ref name="dir-fsf" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and contains completely original code.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was created by Bradley T. Hughes<ref name="ManPages/blackbox - Blackbox"/> and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.<ref name="compliance">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and it is featured in pkgsrc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as does FreeBSD.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FeaturesEdit

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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Related projectsEdit

There are a number of other window manager forks of Blackbox:<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fluxbox
Hackedbox
Openbox (until version 3.0)

Windows shell replacementsEdit

Although they do not share the same codebase, these projects are also inspired by Blackbox.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>