Screenshot of Blackbox | |
| Developer(s) | Bradley T. Hughes[1] up to version 0.70.1_SL7,[2] onwards forked by Brian Bidulock |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.77[3] 
/ 12 May 2021 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Platform | Unix-like |
| Type | X window manager |
| License | MIT[4] |
| Website | Bradley T. Hughes' repository Repository of Brian Bidulock's fork |
In Unix computing, 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[9] and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.[10]
The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,[11] 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,[12][13][14] and it is featured in pkgsrc.[15] Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,[16][17] as does FreeBSD.[18]
