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Openbox

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Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • CA flagCanada

Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD
Discontinued

No actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.

3.8 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  6.  KDE

 Tags

  • gnome
  • fluxbox
  • box

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Openbox information

  • Developed by

    CA flagDana Jansens
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.8
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Openbox, and it has gotten 78 likes

Openbox was added to AlternativeTo by enthdegree on Mar 12, 2010 and this page was last updated Dec 4, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
drink_n_drive
Sep 18, 2015
2

I got into Linux because I can choose everything I want in my computer. Openbox is fast, lightweight, with no bloat, straight to the point. Openbox basically consists of three files: autostart, menux.xml and rc.xml. Autostart lists the applications you wish to initiate at startup as easily as adding the command and whatever other arguments you want. As for menu.xml, it manages the right-click menu in the desktop. There is an application named "obmenu" which does the trick in GUI, so you need not know XML to generate your menu. Lastly, rc.xml deals with mouse and keybinds, which I consider Openbox's greatest advantage. This was especially useful for me for increasing productivity, since I can do more with less keystrokes, and faster. I've been using this window manager for three years now (thanks Crunchbang for this), and it works great in low-end machines, since it doesn't eat RAM while running like a full desktop environment such as KDE, Gnome, Unity, Cinnamon or whatever you name. Great piece of software!

Top Negative Comment
closebox
Oct 19, 2012
-4

I hate openbox and your should, too.

Lubuntu inflicts it in an all or nothing way. expand your mind, open minded if you will. Find other WM.

gnome forever... but not lightweight

bobberson12
Sep 16, 2013

I guess that's just your opinion.

I personally love Gnome 2, but I think Gnome 3 was just a step in the wrong direction. Openbox is meant to be a lightweight window manager, great for people with a bad computer.

If you don't like Openbox, don't use it. -bobberson12

[Edited by bobberson12, December 04]

burnx50
Mar 28, 2020
0

Openbox is perhaps the most famous *box wm, and deservedly so. Even though it is not updated anymore, it's really good as it is, a model for other lightweight window managers.

What is Openbox?

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

The *box visual style is well known for its minimalistic appearance. Openbox uses the *box visual style, while providing a greater number of options for theme developers than previous *box implementations. The theme documentation describes the full range of options found in Openbox themes.

Openbox lets you bring the latest applications outside of a full desktop environment. Most modern applications have been written with GNOME and KDE in mind. With support for the latest freedesktop.org standards, as well as careful adherence to previous standards, Openbox provides an environment where applications work the way they were designed to.

Openbox is a highly configurable window manager. It allows you to change almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent completely new ways to use and control it. It can be like a video game for controlling windows. But Openbox can also be kept extremely simple, as it is in the default setup, meaning that it can suit just about anybody. Openbox gives you control without making you do everything.

Openbox makes desktop environments better. By running Openbox inside the GNOME or K desktop environments, you can combine their ease and functionality with the power of Openbox. Your desktop becomes cleaner and faster, and is in your control, when you use Openbox.

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