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# | {{Short description|Window manager}} | ||
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{{Infobox Software | |||
| name = Window Maker | |||
| screenshot = Wmaker-0.80.2.png | |||
| screenshot size = 220px | |||
| caption = Window Maker's default appearance. | |||
| developer = Alfredo Kojima up to version 0.92.0, Carlos R. Mafra onwards | |||
| released = {{Start date and age|1997}} | |||
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | |||
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | |||
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q51930650}} | |||
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}} | |||
| operating system = [[Unix-like]] | |||
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] | |||
| genre = [[Window manager]] | |||
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Window Maker''' is a [[free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[window manager]] for the [[X Window System]]. It emulates [[NeXTSTEP]]'s [[Look and feel]] as a [[GNUstep]]-compatible environment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/window-maker-live-cool-retro-look-even-cooler-performance-84768.html|title=Window Maker Live: Cool Retro Look, Even Cooler Performance|date=August 28, 2017|website=LinuxInsider}}</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
Window Maker was written from scratch primarily by [[Brazil]]ian programmer [[Alfredo Kojima]] in 1997, originally intended to be used with the [[GNUstep]] [[desktop environment]] and as an improved take on the [[AfterStep]] window manager's design. <ref>{{citation |author=Chapman, Mark |url=http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/639/ |title=Window Managers |publisher=Freshmeat.net |date=2002-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516112405/http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/639/ |archive-date=16 May 2008 |access-date=22 July 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-best-old-school-linux-window-managers-that-still-hold-up/|title=The best old-school Linux window managers that still hold up|date=1 October 2024|website=ZDNET}}</ref> | |||
The last release under the original developers was 0.92.0 in 2005. In 2012, Window Maker 0.95.1 was released by a new maintainer, Carlos R. Mafra, who had been maintaining a fork on [[Git]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Window Maker: News |url=https://www.windowmaker.org/news/#version-0951-released |website=www.windowmaker.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=WindowMaker Development Resumes, Has First Release Since 2006 - Slashdot |url=https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1733229/windowmaker-development-resumes-has-first-release-since-2006 |work=tech.slashdot.org |date=16 February 2012 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Dockapps== | |||
{{Main|Dockapps}} | |||
'''Dockapps''' are small applications that run inside Window Maker's dock alongside application icons and are often used for monitoring applications, notification areas, and volume controls. Dockapps are also usable with other window managers, such as [[AfterStep]] and [[Blackbox]]. | |||
The Window Maker developers maintain a dockapp directory<ref>{{cite web |title=dockapps.net: Home |url=https://www.dockapps.net/ |website=www.dockapps.net}}</ref> and a Git repository with dockapps whose original development has been abandoned.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Git Hosting - dockapps.git/summary |url=https://repo.or.cz/dockapps.git |website=repo.or.cz}}</ref> | |||
==WINGs== | |||
'''WINGs''' (a [[recursive acronym]] for "WINGs Is Not GNUstep") is a lightweight [[widget toolkit]] designed for Window Maker to be used instead of [[GNUstep]], as the latter was considered overkill for a window manager, but it has seen some use by developers outside the Window Maker team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Window Maker: WINGs |url=https://www.windowmaker.org/docs/wings.html |website=www.windowmaker.org |access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{Official website|https://www.windowmaker.org/}} | |||
* [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Windowmaker Window Maker] at Free Software Directory | |||
{{X desktop environments and window managers}} | |||
{{FOSS}} | |||
[[Category:1997 software]] | |||
[[Category:Free X window managers]] | |||
[[Category:GNU Project software]] | |||
[[Category:GNUstep]] | |||
{{Free-software-stub}} | |||
Latest revision as of 17:11, 24 July 2025
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Window Maker is a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System. It emulates NeXTSTEP's Look and feel as a GNUstep-compatible environment.[1]
History
Window Maker was written from scratch primarily by Brazilian programmer Alfredo Kojima in 1997, originally intended to be used with the GNUstep desktop environment and as an improved take on the AfterStep window manager's design. [2][3]
The last release under the original developers was 0.92.0 in 2005. In 2012, Window Maker 0.95.1 was released by a new maintainer, Carlos R. Mafra, who had been maintaining a fork on Git.[4][5]
Dockapps
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Dockapps are small applications that run inside Window Maker's dock alongside application icons and are often used for monitoring applications, notification areas, and volume controls. Dockapps are also usable with other window managers, such as AfterStep and Blackbox.
The Window Maker developers maintain a dockapp directory[6] and a Git repository with dockapps whose original development has been abandoned.[7]
WINGs
WINGs (a recursive acronym for "WINGs Is Not GNUstep") is a lightweight widget toolkit designed for Window Maker to be used instead of GNUstep, as the latter was considered overkill for a window manager, but it has seen some use by developers outside the Window Maker team.[8]
References
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External links
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- Window Maker at Free Software Directory
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