Blackbox
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| Blackbox | |
 Blackbox with a modified style. |
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| Latest release: | 0.70.1[1] / November 3, 2005[2] |
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| OS: | Unix-like |
| Use: | X window manager |
| License: | MIT[3] |
| Website: | http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/ |
In Unix computing, Blackbox is a window manager for the X Window System. It is minimalist and therefore popular among those seeking a fast, clean and light environment. In spite of its small codebase and snappy performance, it has an attractive appearance.
Blackbox has specific design goals in mind, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application.
Blackbox is written in C++[4][5] and contains completely original code. [6]
Blackbox was created by Bradley Hughes[7] and is available under the MIT License.
[edit] Related projects
There are several window managers based on earlier versions of Blackbox[8]:
[edit] Windows shell replacements
Although they share no code, these projects are also inspired by blackbox.
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