Openbox is designed to be small, fast, and fully compliant with the [[Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual]] (ICCCM) and [[Extended Window Manager Hints]] (EWMH).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://git.icculus.org/?p=dana/openbox.git;a=blob;f=COMPLIANCE |title= EWMH Compliance Document |accessdate= 2009-09-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191031052233/http://git.icculus.org/?p=dana%2Fopenbox.git%3Ba%3Dblob%3Bf%3DCOMPLIANCE |archive-date= 31 October 2019 |url-status= dead }}</ref> It supports many features such as menus by which the user can control applications or which display various dynamic information.<ref name="lxf103" />
Openbox is the standard window manager in [[LXDE]] and [[LXQt]], and is used in [[Linux distribution]]s such as [[CrunchBangBunsenLabs Linux]], [[ArchBang]], [[Lubuntu]], [[TinyMe]], [[Trisquel Mini]] and [[Manjaro Linux]].<ref name="LXDE">{{cite web|url = http://wiki.lxde.org| title = LXDE Wiki|accessdate = 2008-09-28|last = LXDEWiki|authorlink = |date=September 2008}}</ref><ref name="CrunchBangBunsenLabs Linux">{{cite web|url = httphttps://crunchbanglinuxwww.bunsenlabs.org/| title = CrunchBangBunsenLabs Linux|accessdate = 20082020-1207-2917|last = CrunchBangBunsenLabs Linux|authorlink = |date=December 20082020}}</ref><ref name="rolling release">{{cite web|url= http://linux.wikia.com/wiki/Rolling-release|title = Rolling-release (Linux Wiki)|accessdate= 2014-05-29}}</ref><ref name="Apps">{{cite web|url = https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Applications|title = Lubuntu Applications|accessdate = 14 January 2011|last = Lavergne|first = Julian|authorlink = |date=October 2010}}</ref><ref name="DWTiny">{{cite web|url = http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=tinyme|title = Tiny Me|accessdate = 14 January 2011|last = [[DistroWatch]]|authorlink = |date=August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-mini |title=Trisquel Mini GNU/Linux |publisher=The Trisquel Project |accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/openbox-window-manager-grows|title=Openbox window manager grows up|author=|date=|work=linux.com|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://manjaro.org/download/openbox/|title=Manjaro - Openbox - Stable|author=|date=|work=manjaro.org|accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref>
The primary author of Openbox is Dana Jansens of [[Carleton University]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="Jansens"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@orodu|title=Dana Jansens – Medium|author=|date=|work=medium.com|accessdate=30 October 2016|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161030204902/https://medium.com/@orodu|archivedate =30 October 2016 }}</ref>
