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{{Short description|X11 window manager}}
{{Infobox software
| name = IceWM
| title = IceWM
| logo = IceWM Logo.png
| screenshot = 
| caption = Legacy OS running IceWM
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = Marko Maček
| discontinued = 
| released = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q669886|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q669886|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C++]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| platform = 
| size = 
| language = 
| genre = [[Window manager]]
| license = 1998: [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.0-only]]{{efn|LGPL-2.0-only since 1998, version 0.9.13.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/x11/icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz|title=icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz}}</ref>}}<br />1997: [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]{{efn|GPL-2.0-only from 1997-07-14 until 1998, version 0.9.12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11/window-managers/icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz|title=icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz}}</ref>}}
| website = {{URL|https://ice-wm.org}}
}}

'''IceWM''' is a [[stacking window manager]] for the [[X Window System]], originally written by [[Marko Macek|Marko Maček]]. It was written from scratch in [[C++]] and is released under the terms of the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]].<ref name="lxf103">
{{cite journal
|last=Saunders|first=Mike|date=March 2008
|title=Lightweight window managers
|journal=[[Linux Format]]
|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|location=UK
|issue=103
|url=http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/archives?issue=103
}}
</ref> It is customizable, relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of [[Windows 95]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows 7]], [[OS/2]], [[Motif (software)|Motif]], and other [[graphical user interface]]s.<ref name="lxf103" />

IceWM can be configured from plain text files<ref name="lxf103" /> stored in a user's [[home directory]], making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in [[taskbar]] with a dynamic [[start menu]], tasks display, system tray, network and CPU meters, mail check and configurable clock. It features a task list window and an [[Alt+Tab]] task switcher. Official support for [[GNOME]] and [[KDE]] menus used to be available as a separate package. In recent IceWM versions, support for them is built-in as well. External graphical programs for editing the configuration<ref name="lxf103" /> and the menu are also available.

==Usage==

IceWM is installed as the default window manager for [[Absolute Linux]], [[AntiX]] and [[Legacy OS]].

The Easy mode default desktop of the [[Asus]] [[Eee PC]] uses IceWM.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/11/eee-pc-review/1/
|title=Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC |last=Paul|first=Ryan|date=14 November 2007|work=[[Ars Technica]]|access-date=16 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lawrence |first1=Bill |title=Customizing Easy Mode in the Asus Eee PC {{!}} What Is a Window Manager? {{!}} InformIT |url=https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1245679 |website=www.informit.com |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=en-US |date=14 October 2008}}</ref>

[[openSUSE]] for [[Raspberry Pi]] uses IceWM by default as a lightweight GUI. The Raspberry Pi 3 only version of [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]] also uses IceWM.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sei |first1=Mark |title=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server gains Raspberry Pi 3 support |url=https://www.marksei.com/suse-linux-enterprise-server-gains-raspberry-pi-3-support/ |website=Marksei.com |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=en-US |date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

==Screenshots==
<gallery>
File:IceWM with Xeyes.png|IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
File:IceWM in action.png|alt=IceWM on Debian Buster, featuring Xcalendar and LXappearance|IceWM in action
File:Icewm-default.jpg|IceWM, featuring the IceDesert theme
File:Icewmstartmenu.png|IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95.
File:IceWM 1.3.ogv|IceWM 1.3 Xsession running on [[Debian]] 7 [[Linux]]
File:IceWM NanoBlue openSUSE.png|IceWM, featuring the NanoBlue theme on [[openSUSE]]
File:IceWM on AntiX Demonstration.webm|IceWM running on [[AntiX]] 23.1
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*FVWM95
*[[Comparison of X window managers]]
*Spri, a former [[lightweight Linux distribution]] which used IceWM as its default user interface

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website}}
*{{SourceForge|icewm}}
*[https://www.opendesktop.org/s/Window-Managers IceWM Themes]
*[http://www.phrozensmoke.com/projects/icewmcp/ IceWM Control Panel]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040826225210/http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=18 IceWM Themes]

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