Global InformationBlackbox information
 Screenshot of Blackbox | |
| Developer(s) | Bradley T. Hughes[1] up to version 0.70.1_SL7,[2] onwards forked by Brian Bidulock |
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| Stable release | 0.77[3] 
/ 12 May 2021 |
| Repository |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Platform | Unix-like |
| Type | X window manager |
| License | MIT[4] |
| Website | Bradley T. Hughes' repository Repository of Brian Bidulock's fork |
Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System.[5][6]
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++[4][7] and contains completely original code.[8] It was created by Bradley T. Hughes[1] and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.[9]
The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,[10] 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,[11][12][13] and it is featured in pkgsrc.[14] Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,[15][16] as does FreeBSD.[17]
- ^ a b "ManPages/blackbox - Blackbox". September 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Blackbox - Browse /Blackboxwm/Blackbox 0.70.1_SL7 at SourceForge.net".
- ^ "Release 0.77". May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Blackbox - Window manager written in C++". FSF.org.
- ^ Wrightson, Katherine; Merlino, Joseph (2006). Mastering UNIX. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–108. ISBN 9780782153033. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ Davies, Justin; Whittaker, Roger; Hagen, William von (2005). SUSE Linux 9 Bible. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 186, 276–280. ISBN 9780764588761.
- ^ "Hacking Guide - Blackbox". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "About Blackbox". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006.
- ^ "ICCCM & EWMH Compliance". GitHub. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Compile with clang and libc++ · bradleythughes/Blackbox@107b761". GitHub.
- ^ "The Slackware Linux Project: Packages". packages.slackware.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Arch Linux - blackbox 0.77-1 (x86_64)". archlinux.org. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection". pkgsrc.se.
- ^ "Ubuntu – Error". packages.ubuntu.com.
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package blackbox in sid".
- ^ "[ports] Index of /head/x11-wm/blackbox". svnweb.freebsd.org.