openbox

{{Short description|Stacking window manager for X11 displays}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Openbox Window Manager

| screenshot = 2010-04-24-133031 1280x800 scrot.png

| caption = Basic Openbox session

| developer = Dana Jansens,{{cite web|url = http://openbox.org/wiki/User:DanaJansens|title = User:DanaJansens|access-date = 19 January 2015|last = Jansens|first = Dana|date=November 2007}}{{cite web|url = http://cglab.ca/~dana/|title = Openbox Developer Dana Jansens|access-date = 19 January 2015|last = Jansens|first = Dana}} Mikael Magnusson{{cite web|url=http://git.openbox.org/?p=dana/openbox.git|title=git.openbox.org Git - dana/openbox.git/summary|work=openbox.org|access-date=25 August 2015}}

| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|09|18}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q728978|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q728978|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q728978|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q728978|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Unix-like

| genre = Stacking window manager

| license = GPL 2.0 or later* {{cite journal|last=Saunders|first=Mike|date=March 2008|title=Lightweight window managers|journal=Linux Format|publisher=Future Publishing|location=UK|issue=103|url=http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/archives?issue=103}}* {{cite journal|last=Сондерс|first=Майк|date=March 2008|script-title=ru:Легковесные ОМ|journal=Linux Format|publisher=Mezon.ru|location=Russia|issue=103|pages=21|language=ru|url=http://www.linuxformat.ru/download/103.pdf}}

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Openbox is a free, stacking window manager for the X Window System, licensed under the GNU General Public License. Originally derived from Blackbox 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.{{cite web|url= http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Openbox |title= HOWTO Openbox |access-date= 2008-04-07 |last= GentooWiki |date=March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080403092925/http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Openbox |archive-date = 2008-04-03}} 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.{{cite web |last= |date=June 2021 |title=is Openbox still being developed? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/openbox/comments/ngqz4s/is_openbox_still_being_developed/gyt19xd/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Reddit}}

Openbox is designed to be small, fast, and fully compliant with the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) and Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH).{{cite web |url= http://git.icculus.org/?p=dana/openbox.git;a=blob;f=COMPLIANCE |title= EWMH Compliance Document |access-date= 2009-09-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191031052233/http://git.icculus.org/?p=dana%2Fopenbox.git%3Ba%3Dblob%3Bf%3DCOMPLIANCE |archive-date= 31 October 2019 |url-status= dead }} It supports many features such as menus by which the user can control applications or which display various dynamic information.

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.{{cite web|url = http://wiki.lxde.org/|title = LXDE Wiki|access-date = 2008-09-28|last = LXDEWiki|date = September 2008|archive-date = 7 April 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150407033017/http://wiki.lxde.org/|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url = https://www.bunsenlabs.org/| title = BunsenLabs Linux|access-date = 2020-07-17|last = BunsenLabs Linux|date=December 2020}}{{cite web|url= http://linux.wikia.com/wiki/Rolling-release|title = Rolling-release (Linux Wiki)|access-date= 2014-05-29}}{{cite web|url = https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Applications|title = Lubuntu Applications|access-date = 14 January 2011|last = Lavergne|first = Julian|date=October 2010}}{{cite web|url = http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=tinyme|title = Tiny Me|access-date = 14 January 2011|last = DistroWatch|author-link = DistroWatch|date=August 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-mini |title=Trisquel Mini GNU/Linux |publisher=The Trisquel Project |access-date=7 November 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/openbox-window-manager-grows|title=Openbox window manager grows up|work=linux.com|date=11 July 2007|access-date=30 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://manjaro.org/download/openbox/|title=Manjaro - Openbox - Stable|work=manjaro.org|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214233054/https://manjaro.org/download/openbox/|url-status=dead}}

The creator and primary author of Openbox is Dana Jansens of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@orodu|title=Dana Jansens|work=medium.com|access-date=30 October 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161030204902/https://medium.com/@orodu|archive-date =30 October 2016 }}