---
Type: desktop-application
ID: com.raggesilver.BlackBox
Package: blackbox-terminal
ProjectLicense: GPL-3.0-or-later
Name:
es: Black Box
tr: Kara Kutu
fr: Black Box
cs: Black Box
zh_CN: Black Box
pt_BR: Black Box
nl: Black Box
sv: Black Box
it: Scatola nera
ru: Black Box
C: Black Box
de: Black Box
Summary:
C: A beautiful GTK 4 terminal
Description:
C: >-
<p>
Black Box is a native terminal emulator for GNOME that offers superb
theming options.
</p>
<p>With Black Box you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Set colors schemes and integrate them with the rest of the window</li>
<li>Customize font and size</li>
<li>Customize keyboard shortcuts</li>
<li>Render Sixel escape sequences</li>
<li>Fully hide the window headerbar</li>
<li>Quickly open links and files by ctrl+clicking file paths and URLs</li>
<li>Easily paste file paths by dragging them into the window</li>
</ul>
<p>This app is written in Vala and uses GTK 4, libadwaita, and VTE.</p>
Developer:
name:
C: Paulo Queiroz
Categories:
- Utility
Keywords:
es:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- command
- commandline
- cmd
- box
- comando
- línea
- consola
- caja
fr:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- command
- commandline
- cmd
- box
- ligne de commande
- boîte
cs:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- command
- commandline
- cmd
- box
- příkazový řádek
- terminál
de:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- kommando
- kommandozeile
- cmd
- box
pt-BR:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- command
- commandline
- cmd
- box
- comando
- linha
- console
nl:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- opdracht
- commando
- opdrachtregel
- cmd
- box
sv:
- Terminal
- terminal
- skal
- prompt
- kommando
- kommandorad
- cmd
- box
it:
- Terminale
- terminale
- shell
- prompt
- comando
- riga
- cmd
- black
- box
- scatola
- nera
ru:
- Терминал
- терминал
- оболочка
- строка
- команда
- командная строка
- cmd
- box
tr:
- Uçbirim
- uçbirim
- shell
- kabuk
- komut satırı
- komut
- cmd
- box
- kutu
C:
- Terminal
- terminal
- shell
- prompt
- command
- commandline
- cmd
- box
Url:
homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/raggesilver/blackbox
bugtracker: https://gitlab.gnome.org/raggesilver/blackbox/issues
help: https://gitlab.gnome.org/raggesilver/blackbox/issues
translate: https://gitlab.gnome.org/raggesilver/blackbox/issues
donation: https://www.patreon.com/raggesilver
Icon:
cached:
- name: blackbox-terminal_com.raggesilver.BlackBox.png
width: 48
height: 48
- name: blackbox-terminal_com.raggesilver.BlackBox.png
width: 64
height: 64
- name: blackbox-terminal_com.raggesilver.BlackBox.png
width: 128
height: 128
remote:
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/icons/128x128/blackbox-terminal_com.raggesilver.BlackBox.png
width: 128
height: 128
stock: com.raggesilver.BlackBox
Launchable:
desktop-id:
- com.raggesilver.BlackBox.desktop
Recommends:
- control: pointing
- control: keyboard
- display_length: 360
Supports:
- control: pointing
- control: keyboard
- control: tablet
- control: touch
- display_length: 0
Screenshots:
- default: true
caption:
C: Black Box screenshot
thumbnails:
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-1_752x461@1.png
width: 752
height: 461
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-1_624x382@1.png
width: 624
height: 382
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-1_224x137@1.png
width: 224
height: 137
source-image:
url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-1_orig.png
width: 1182
height: 725
- caption:
C: Black Box with header bars turned off
thumbnails:
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-2_1248x747@1.png
width: 1248
height: 747
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-2_752x450@1.png
width: 752
height: 450
- url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-2_624x373@1.png
width: 624
height: 373
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width: 224
height: 134
source-image:
url: com/raggesilver/BlackBox/26548e26b38c6f39412d141273b8542d/screenshots/image-2_orig.png
width: 1502
height: 900
Releases:
- version: 0.14.0
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1689552000
description:
C: >-
<p>Features</p>
<ul>
<li>Added new default Adwaita and Adwaita Dark color schemes</li>
<li>You can now customize the working directory for new tabs. It can be set to persist the
last tab's directory, the user's home directory, or an arbitrary location</li>
<li>Closing a tab or a window that still has a running process will now prompt you for
confirmation</li>
<li>Black Box now uses the default Adwaita tab style. As consequence, some header bar
options, including "Show Borders" have been removed from the preferences window</li>
<li>Added the option to disable terminal bell</li>
<li>Added option to use bright colors for bold text</li>
<li>You can now get a desktop notification when a process completes on an unfocussed tab</li>
<li>Context-aware header bar: the header bar can now have special colors when the active
tab is running sudo or ssh</li>
<li>Added open and copy link options to the right-click menu</li>
<li>You can now rename tabs with the new tab right-click menu, or with a new shortcut
Shift + Control + R</li>
<li>Added a quick application style switcher to the window menu</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvements</p>
<ul>
<li>Some configuration options have been grouped together in the preferences
window</li>
<li>Application title is now bold when there's a single tab open</li>
<li>Performance and bundle size optimizations</li>
<li>Black Box now has more Flatpak permissions to overcome errors reported by users</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue that caused terminals not to be destroyed when their tabs were closed</li>
<li>Improved keybinding validation, allowing more valid key combinations to be used</li>
<li>The window title is now centered when there's only one tab</li>
<li>Sixel is now disabled for VTE builds that don't support it. This primarily affects non-Flatpak users, as all Flatpak
builds ship VTE with Sixel support</li>
<li>Fixed an issue that caused windows launched with custom commands to not have a title</li>
<li>Black Box will now show an error banner if spawning a shell or custom command failed and will no longer close
immediately</li>
</ul>
- version: 0.13.2
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1674086400
description:
C: >-
<p>Features</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for setting multiple shortcuts for the same action</li>
<li>You can now reset one, or all custom shortcuts back to default</li>
<li>Added a warning if "Unlimited" scrollback mode is active</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Added workaround for an error that would cause Black Box to crash</li>
</ul>
- version: 0.13.1
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1673827200
description:
C: >-
<p>Features</p>
<ul>
<li>New Scrollback Mode allows you to set scrollback to a fixed number of lines, unlimited lines, or disable scrollback
altogether</li>
<li>Allow setting font style (regular, light, bold, etc)</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvements:</p>
<ul>
<li>Updated French, Italian, and Turkish translations</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Added missing "Open Preferences" shortcut to help overlay</li>
<li>Header bar and tabs are now properly colored when the app is unfocussed</li>
<li>Fixed regression in window border color when "Show Borders" is enabled</li>
<li>Window border is no longer displayed when Black Box is docked left, right, or maximized</li>
<li>Improved keybinding validation, allowing more valid key combinations to be used</li>
<li>Tab navigation shortcuts now work as expected</li>
<li>Fixed default "Reset Zoom" keybinding</li>
<li>Fixed issue that prevented development builds of Black Box from running when installed via Flatpak</li>
</ul>
- version: 0.13.0
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1673568000
description:
C: >-
<p>
The latest version of Black Box brings much awaited new features and
bug fixes.
</p>
<p>Features</p>
<ul>
<li>Customizable keyboard shortcuts</li>
<li>Background transparency</li>
<li>Customizable cursor blinking mode</li>
<li>Experimental sixel support</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Manually set VTE_VERSION environment variable - fixes compatibility with a few terminal programs</li>
<li>Copying text outside the current scroll view now works correctly</li>
<li>Scrolling with a touchpad or touchscreen now works as intended</li>
</ul>
ContentRating:
oars-1.1:
violence-cartoon: none
violence-fantasy: none
violence-realistic: none
violence-bloodshed: none
violence-sexual: none
violence-desecration: none
violence-slavery: none
violence-worship: none
drugs-alcohol: none
drugs-narcotics: none
drugs-tobacco: none
sex-nudity: none
sex-themes: none
sex-homosexuality: none
sex-prostitution: none
sex-adultery: none
sex-appearance: none
language-profanity: none
language-humor: none
language-discrimination: none
social-chat: none
social-info: none
social-audio: none
social-location: none
social-contacts: none
money-purchasing: none
money-gambling: none
