# nextapps-de/winbox

WinBox is a modern HTML5 window manager for the Web.

Repository: https://github.com/nextapps-de/winbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/winbox
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: window, windowmanager, frame, popup, desktop, windows, box, desktop-app, desktop-widget, window-manager, winbox
Last push: 2024-08-15T08:08:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1969, "days_push": 748, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6446, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.453825+00:00)

## What it is
WinBox.js is a lightweight, dependency-free HTML5 window manager library for the web that lets developers create draggable, resizable, fully customizable window instances in the browser. It is written in JavaScript and distributed via npm with an Apache-2.0 license.

## Use cases
- create draggable popup windows in a web app
- build a desktop-like UI in the browser
- add resizable floating panels to a dashboard
- implement multi-window layouts for a web-based IDE
- show modal-like content windows with minimize and maximize
- build a web desktop environment with widgets

## When to choose
- you need OS-style windows inside a browser app
- you want a lightweight window manager with no dependencies
- you need fully customizable window chrome and themes
- you want high-performance windowing with a simple JS API

## When to avoid
- you need a full desktop application framework like Electron
- you only need simple modals or dialogs
- your project requires a React/Vue-native component ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: window-manager, html5, popup-windows, desktop-ui, javascript, no-dependencies, lightweight, web-server

## Member repositories
- nextapps-de/winbox (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.453825+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:44:40.425984+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nextapps-de/winbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.453825+00:00, sha 64df6d392f71)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/winbox (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:41.397526+00:00, sha a24069149457)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.