Software:JWM

Short description: Stacking window manager for X Window System

JWM

A screenshot of JWM on Puppy Linux
Developer(s)	Joe Wingbermuehle
Initial release	0.1 / December 22, 2003 (2003-12-22) // 1.0 / November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window manager
License	2016: MIT 2005: GPL-2.0-only
Website	joewing.net/projects/jwm/

JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Configuration is done by editing an XML file; no graphical configuration is necessary or supplied.

Support for the following can be added as compile-time options:

• PNG, JPG and XPM icons
• Xft
• Xinerama
• FriBidi
• The Shape extension

It provides an interface similar to Windows 98 and can support some GNOME, Motif and Extended Window Manager Hints.

JWM is the default window manager used in Damn Small Linux version 4.x, Puppy Linux and SliTaz (< 2.0). It is used also in an edition of Manjaro Linux.

See also

• Comparison of X window managers
• Fluxbox, Openbox, IceWM and other lightweight window managers

Further reading

• Hagen Höpfner (August 2005) Simple AND Light. JWM Window Manager, Linux Magazine, issue 57, pp. 80–82

External links

• on GitHub
• JWM on Sourceforge