Blackbox

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

Blackbox

Screenshot of Blackbox
Developer(s)	Bradley T. Hughes
Final release	0.70.1 / November 3, 2005 (2005-11-03)
Repository	github.com/bbidulock/blackboxwm
Written in	C++
Platform	Unix-like
Type	X window manager
License	MIT
Website	blackboxwm.sourceforge.net

Blackbox 0.7 Xsession running on Debian 7 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++ and contains completely original code. It was created by Bradley T. Hughes and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.

Blackbox development is no longer active.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:

• 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.

• 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

See also

• Comparison of X window managers

External links

• Official website
• Blackbox at Free Software Directory