Openbox

Openbox Window Manager
Developer(s)Dana Jansens,[1][2] Mikael Magnusson[3]
Initial release18 September 2002; 22 years ago (2002-09-18)
Stable release
3.6.1[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 1 July 2015
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeStacking window manager
LicenseGPL 2.0 or later[5]
Websiteopenbox.org Edit this on Wikidata

Openbox is a free, stacking window manager for the X Window System, licensed under the GNU General Public License.[5] Originally derived from Blackbox[5] 0.65.0 (a C++ project), Openbox has been completely re-written in the C programming language and since version 3.0 is no longer based upon any code from Blackbox.[6] Since at least 2010, it has been considered feature complete, bug free and a completed project. Occasional maintenance is done to keep it working, but only if needed.[7]

Openbox is designed to be small, fast, and fully compliant with the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) and Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH).[8] It supports many features such as menus by which the user can control applications or which display various dynamic information.[5]

Openbox is the standard window manager in LXDE, and often set as the default for LXQt. It is used in Linux distributions such as BunsenLabs, ArchBang, Lubuntu, Trisquel and Manjaro.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

The creator and primary author of Openbox is Dana Jansens of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1][17]

  1. ^ a b Jansens, Dana (November 2007). "User:DanaJansens". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ Jansens, Dana. "Openbox Developer Dana Jansens". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ "git.openbox.org Git - dana/openbox.git/summary". openbox.org. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Openbox:Changelog".
  5. ^ a b c d * Saunders, Mike (March 2008). "Lightweight window managers". Linux Format (103). UK: Future Publishing.* Сондерс, Майк (March 2008). Легковесные ОМ (PDF). Linux Format (in Russian) (103). Russia: Mezon.ru: 21.
  6. ^ GentooWiki (March 2008). "HOWTO Openbox". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  7. ^ "is Openbox still being developed?". Reddit. June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  8. ^ "EWMH Compliance Document". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  9. ^ LXDEWiki (September 2008). "LXDE Wiki". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  10. ^ BunsenLabs Linux (December 2020). "BunsenLabs Linux". Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Rolling-release (Linux Wiki)". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. ^ Lavergne, Julian (October 2010). "Lubuntu Applications". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  13. ^ DistroWatch (August 2010). "Tiny Me". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Trisquel Mini GNU/Linux". The Trisquel Project. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Openbox window manager grows up". linux.com. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Manjaro - Openbox - Stable". manjaro.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Dana Jansens". medium.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.