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| Original author(s) | Matthew Allum | 
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| Developer(s) | OpenedHand, Yocto Project | 
| Initial release | April 13, 2007 | 
| Stable release | 2 / April 9, 2012
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| Operating system | Linux | 
| Available in | C | 
| Type | X window manager | 
| License | GPL v2+ | 
| Website | matchbox-project | 
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. It has been replaced on later OLPC software builds by Metacity.
Matchbox Window Manager II is a complete rewrite of the original m-w-m. It is in early stages of development.