Matchbox (window manager)

{{Primary sources|date=February 2010}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Matchbox

| logo = 80px

| screenshot =

| caption =

| author = Matthew Allum

| developer = OpenedHand, Yocto Project

| released = {{Start date and age|2007|04|13}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2704689|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2704689|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2704689|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2704689|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| operating system = Linux

| platform =

| language = C{{cite web|url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/matchbox|title=The Matchbox Open Source Project on Ohloh|publisher=Ohloh.net|access-date=2013-09-19|archive-date=2013-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053524/http://www.ohloh.net/p/matchbox|url-status=dead}}

| status =

| genre = X window manager

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later{{cite web|url=https://git.yoctoproject.org/matchbox-window-manager/commit/?id=bc880f54e625afb31096b0fade5bbfd8f13fc30f|title=Adopt SPDX license identifiers|date=2020-05-12}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-item/matchbox/}}

}}

Matchbox is a free and open source window manager for the X Window System. It is mainly intended for embedded systems and differs from most other window managers in that it only shows one window at a time. It is used by Maemo on Nokia Internet Tablets, the Neo 1973 smartphone based on Openmoko, the [http://www.vernier.com/labquest/ Vernier LabQuest] handheld data acquisition device for science education, as well as on the XO-1 of the One Laptop Per Child Project.{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070430-behind-the-olpc-price-bump-better-hardware.html | publisher=Ars Technica | title=Behind the OLPC price bump: better hardware | date=30 April 2007 | access-date=2007-07-27}} before being replaced by Metacity.{{cite web | url=http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Metacity | title=Sugarlabs Features/Metacity}}

The project is currently developed under the Yocto Project.