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{{Short description|GUI specification and toolkit for the X Window System}}
{{Other uses|Motif (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Motif
| logo = 
| screenshot = Debian Motif MWM Default.png
| caption = Motif and the [[Motif Window Manager]] on [[Debian]] [[GNU]]/[[Linux]]
| developer = 
| latest release version = 2.3.8
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2017|12|05}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| programming language = C
| operating system = 
| genre = [[Widget toolkit]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]] (2.3.4 on)<br />Proprietary (before 2.3.4)
| website = {{URL|motif.ics.com/motif}}
}}

In computing, '''Motif''' refers to both a [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) specification and the [[widget toolkit]] for building applications that follow that specification under the [[X Window System]] on [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. The Motif look and feel is distinguished by its use of rudimentary square and chiseled three-dimensional effects for its various user interface elements.

Motif is the toolkit for the [[Common Desktop Environment]] and [[IRIX Interactive Desktop]], thus it was the standard widget toolkit for Unix. Closely related to Motif is the [[Motif Window Manager]] (MWM).

After many years as [[proprietary software]], Motif was released in 2012, as [[free software]] under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL-2.1-or-later).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://motif.ics.com/news |title=News {{pipe}} ICS MotifZone |website=motif.ics.com |access-date=2023-03-30 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329225053/https://motif.ics.com/news |url-status=live }}</ref>