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Matchbox
Original author	Matthew Allum
Developers	OpenedHand, Yocto Project
Initial release	April 13, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-04-13)
Stable release	1.2.2[1]  / 5 December 2016
Operating system	Linux
Available in	C[2]
Type	X window manager
License	GPL-2.0-or-later[3]
Website	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 Vernier LabQuest handheld data acquisition device for science education, as well as on the XO-1 of the One Laptop Per Child Project.^[4] before being replaced by Metacity.^[5]

The project is currently developed under the Yocto Project.

Matchbox 2

Matchbox Window Manager II is a complete rewrite of the original m-w-m. It is in early stages of development.

• git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/matchbox-window-manager-2/

See also

• Comparison of window managers

References

External links

• matchbox-project.org
• git.yoctoproject.org
• Matchbox (window manager) at Launchpad