Openbox

Openbox 3.x is a lightweight window manager for the X Window System. Openbox is historically similar in behavior and function to the Blackbox window manager.

Notable features:

• Openbox can function as a standalone environment, or serve as the window manager for your Gnome or KDE desktop environment.
• Root pane menu is customizable via a configuration file.
• Keybindings and mouse behavior are customizable via a configuration file; reasonable default behavior is provided.
• Multiple desktops.
• Openbox satisfies both ICCCM and EWMH compatibility.
• Xinerama multiple monitor support is provided.
• WindowMaker Dock applications and Afterstep Wharf applications are supported.

A GUI configuration tool, ObConf, is available at: http://icculus.org/openbox/obconf/.

External links

• Openbox homepage (icculus.org)