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 26.07 with tint2 systray fix
Mabox 26.07 brings an important fix for the system tray (systray) in the tint2 panel. Until now, some applications could cause the system tray to freeze. This issue affected programs such as Steam, Lutris, LocalSend, and Remote Desktop Manager. Thanks to the patch for Tint2, they no longer cause problems - Mabox 26.04 with simplified profile option
Mabox 26.04, the April refresh of the ISO images, brings a substantial number of fixes in many areas, such as: rewritten main menu and side panels improvements to the tint2 panel configurations a changed default Conky widget Simplified profile Mabox now offers the ability to quickly switch to a simplified desktop profile. This … Read more - Mabox 26.03 – conky improvements, TODOlist and keyboard shortcutsThe March release of Mabox 26.03 brings improvements to Conky support, a new tool for managing task lists, and easier previewing and editing of keyboard shortcuts Conky handling improvements You can set a simplified context menu for Conky — without several advanced functions. The Conky Widget Manager W‑A‑k allows you to completely disable … Read more
