Mabox Linux
fast, lightweight and functional Linux Desktop
“relaxed” rolling-release, Manjaro based
with Openbox Window Manager
Lightweight & Fast
Mabox uses Openbox WM and lightweight apps, which makes it minimal and fast.
It only takes ~300Mb of memory.
Stable
Mabox is built on top of Manjaro stable branch, powered by LTS kernel, featuring 100% complete and stable Openbox window manager.
Fresh Software
Quick access to the latest packages available.
Mabox Tools
A set of carefully hand-crafted utilities and scripts to provide streamlined Desktop experience
Donate
If you are enjoying Mabox, please consider donating to this project to keep it rolling
Free
Developed with passion Mabox Linux is free and always will be
Unique to Mabox
Sidepanels / Menus
Very configurable and hackable menus, dynamic menus and Sidepanels. Read more on developer blog
Quick Tiling
Manually tile windows very quickly and arrange them on the grid
Mabox Colorizer
Colorize your Mabox Desktop as you like …
or let Mabox to do it for you automatically from colors of currently set wallpaper!
Latest news
- Mabox 26.01 – latest 6.18 LTS kernel
The first release in 2026 brings the latest kernel with extended support – Linux 6.18 LTS. An ISO image of the slightly older LTS kernel – Linux 6.6 – is also available. The January ISO was built based on the latest packages currently available (Jan 14) in the stable branch. Download ISO images … Read more - Mabox 25.12 – improvements, fixes and GTK2 farewellThe December release of Mabox 25.12 brings a handful of improvements and fixes. It also means saying goodbye to GTK2 and cleaning up our profile and tools. Several improvements related to the panel and dynamic menus… Volume icon The updated volume icon (near the system tray) should now work as intended. Functionality: left-click … Read more
- Mabox 25.08 – Chinese, Japanese and Korean fontsThe August refreshed ISOs include the noto-fonts-cjk package for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts – so installing in those languages is easier than ever. The noto-fonts-cjk package is quite large – almost 300 MB. If you don’t plan to use these fonts, you can remove them after installation. yay -R noto-fonts-cjk Installer changes … Read more
