x11-wm/icewm 4.0.0 MidnightBSD

Window manager designed for speed and usability

System: MidnightBSD
Repository: mports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-10
Commit: b4c5277330
License: lgpl
Categories: x11-wm

Description

Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency. It supports themes and several image-rendering backends.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 4.1.0, as upstream numbers it.

System

Port

Version

Vulnerabilities

Status

Maintainer

Last update

MidnightBSD

x11-wm/icewm

4.0.0 behind since 2026-09-03

no data

[email protected]

2026-09-10

FreeBSD

x11-wm/icewm

4.0.0 behind since 2026-09-03

none known

[email protected]

OpenBSD

x11/icewm by name

4.1.0 newest

no data

The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>

2026-09-03

DragonFly

x11-wm/icewm

3.7.3 behind since 2026-09-03

none known

[email protected]

HardenedBSD

x11-wm/icewm

4.0.0 behind since 2026-09-03

no data

[email protected]

GhostBSD

x11-wm/icewm

4.0.0 behind since 2026-09-03

no data

[email protected]

Compare across BSDs

Version history 1

4.0.0 2026-09-10 b4c5277330

Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.

Install

Binary package:

mport install icewm

From mports:

cd /usr/mports/x11-wm/icewm && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	icewm>0:x11-wm/icewm

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

graph LR
  me["x11-wm/icewm"]
  me --> d0["audio/libsndfile"]
  me --> d1["converters/fribidi"]
  me --> d2["print/freetype2"]
  me --> d3["x11-fonts/fontconfig"]
  classDef this fill:#ab2b28,color:#ffffff,stroke:#ab2b28
  class me this

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Library 4

libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig
libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
libfribidi.so : converters/fribidi
libsndfile.so : audio/libsndfile

Build dependencies 4

Run dependencies 4

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: x11-wm_icewm

Option

Default

Description

DOCS

off

IMLIB2

Use Imlib2 for rendering

LIBRSVG2

MIDNIGHT

Use MidnightBSD startup button

NLS

off

XFT

XINERAMA

XRANDR

XRES

X11 XResource extension support

USES: compiler:c++11-lang gmake gnome iconv:translit localbase perl5 pkgconfig shebangfix tar:lz xorg
Service scripts: none

Files

Manual pages 22

icehelp(1)
icesh(1)
icesound(1)
icewm(1)
icewm-env(5)
icewm-focus_mode(5)
icewm-keys(5)
icewm-menu(5)
icewm-menu-fdo(1)
icewm-menu-xrandr(1)
icewm-preferences(5)
icewm-prefoverride(5)
icewm-programs(5)
icewm-session(1)
icewm-set-gnomewm(1)
icewm-shutdown(5)
icewm-startup(5)
icewm-theme(5)
icewm-toolbar(5)
icewm-winoptions(5)
icewmbg(1)
icewmhint(1)

pkg-plist 648

bin/icehelp
bin/icesh
bin/icesound
bin/icewm
bin/icewm-menu-fdo
bin/icewm-menu-xrandr
bin/icewm-session
bin/icewm-set-gnomewm
bin/icewmbg
bin/icewmhint
share/doc/icewm/ChangeLog
share/doc/icewm/NEWS
share/doc/icewm/README
share/doc/icewm/TODO
share/doc/icewm/icehelp.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icesh.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icesound.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-env.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-focus_mode.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-keys.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu-fdo.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu-xrandr.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-menu.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-preferences.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-prefoverride.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-programs.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-session.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-set-gnomewm.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-shutdown.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-startup.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-theme.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-toolbar.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm-winoptions.5.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewm.html
share/doc/icewm/icewmbg.1.html
share/doc/icewm/icewmhint.1.html
share/icewm/IceWM.jpg
share/icewm/icons/about_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/about_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/app_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/app_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/bomb_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/bomb_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/cancel-logout_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/emacs_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/emacs_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/file_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/file_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/focus_16x16.png
share/icewm/icons/focus_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/focus_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/focus_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/folder_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/folder_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/gimp_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/gimp_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/gnome_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/help_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/help_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/hibernate_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/hibernate_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/icewm_16x16.png
share/icewm/icons/icewm_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/java_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/java_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/kde_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/key_16x16.png
share/icewm/icons/key_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/lock_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/lock_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/lock_48x48.xpm
share/icewm/icons/logout_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/logout_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/pdf_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/pdf_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/pref_16x16.png
share/icewm/icons/pref_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/programs_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/programs_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/reboot_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/reboot_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/restart_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/restart_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/run_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/run_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/save_16x16.png
share/icewm/icons/save_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen12_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen12x_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen1_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen21_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen21x_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/setscreen2_32x32.png
share/icewm/icons/settings_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/settings_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/shutdown_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/shutdown_32x32.xpm
share/icewm/icons/suspend_16x16.xpm
share/icewm/icons/suspend_32x32.xpm

The first 100 are listed.

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icewm-4.0.0.tar.lz

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Master sites 1

https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/releases/download/4.0.0/

Commit history 1

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-09-10

b4c5277330

Lucas Holt

x11-wm/icewm: update to 4.0.0 (#1121)

Updates IceWM to 4.0.0. - Refreshes X11 feature options to match upstream configure support. - Retains MidnightBSD startup artwork and updates the plist. Validation: - bmake makesum - bmake patch - bmake - bmake fake - bmake package - bmake test - bmake check-license - portlint -C (0 fatal errors) - git diff --check ## Summary by Sourcery Update the IceWM port to 4.0.0 and align its dependencies, feature options, and packaging metadata with the upstream release. Enhancements: - Update the IceWM port to version 4.0.0 with refreshed X11 extension support and options, including librsvg2 and XResource support. - Retain the MidnightBSD startup artwork while synchronizing package metadata and installed-file listings with the new release. Signed-off-by: Lucas Holt <[email protected]>