x11-wm/bvwm 1.1.5.b.6 FreeBSD

B? Virtual Window Manager (fvwm3 fork)

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Port added: 2026-10-20
Last update: 2026-10-20
Commit: 144c4025c3
License: GPLv2
Categories: x11-wm

Description

BVWM (B? Virtual Window Manager) is a fork of fvwm3 with core window-manager enhancements (ButtonStyle hover states and TitleStyle ButtonWidth). This port ships a self-contained, coinstallable tree: bin/bvwm, modules under libexec/bvwm/, share/bvwm, prefixed helpers (bvwm-root, ...), and prefixed man pages (bvwm.1, bvwm-FvwmAnimate.1, ...).

Configs keep the Fvwm module vocabulary (Module FvwmButtons, and so on). BVWM defaults to ~/.bvwm and .bvwmrc so stock fvwm3 configs are not asked to parse BVWM-only decor syntax. PATH tools and man pages use a bvwm- prefix so this port coinstalls with x11-wm/fvwm3.

Version history 1

1.1.5-bvwm.6 2026-10-20 dc33dbaaa5

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:

pkg install bvwm

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/bvwm/ && make install clean

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

RUN_DEPENDS=	bvwm>0:x11-wm/bvwm

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

1.1.5.b.6

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

n/a

FreeBSD:15:latest

1.1.5.b.6

n/a

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

1.1.5.b.6

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

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/bvwm"]
  me --> d0["archivers/brotli"]
  me --> d1["converters/fribidi"]
  me --> d2["converters/libiconv"]
  me --> d3["devel/gettext-runtime"]
  me --> d4["devel/libepoll-shim"]
  me --> d5["devel/libevent"]
  me --> d6["devel/libffi"]
  me --> d7["devel/readline"]
  me -.-> dmore(["26 more"])
  classDef this fill:#ab2b28,color:#ffffff,stroke:#ab2b28
  class me this

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Library 4

libevent.so : devel/libevent
libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig
libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 47

Run dependencies 34

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: x11-wm_bvwm

Option

Default

Description

FRIBIDI

Bidirectional text support via GNU FriBidi

Build and install modules written in Go

ICONS

off

Install icon theme(s)

ICONV

Encoding conversion support via iconv

MANPAGES

Build and/or install manual pages

NLS

off

Native Language Support

PNG

PNG image format support

SVG

off

SVG vector image format support

XCURSOR

Cursor themes support

XPM

off

XPM pixmap image format support

USES: compiler:c11 localbase:ldflags meson perl5 pkgconfig python shebangfix xorg
Service scripts: none

Files

Manual pages 25

bvwm(1)
bvwm-FvwmAnimate(1)
bvwm-FvwmAuto(1)
bvwm-FvwmBacker(1)
bvwm-FvwmButtons(1)
bvwm-FvwmCommand(1)
bvwm-FvwmEvent(1)
bvwm-FvwmForm(1)
bvwm-FvwmIconMan(1)
bvwm-FvwmIdent(1)
bvwm-FvwmMFL(1)
bvwm-FvwmPager(1)
bvwm-FvwmPerl(1)
bvwm-FvwmRearrange(1)
bvwm-FvwmScript(1)
bvwm-convert-2.6(1)
bvwm-menu-desktop(1)
bvwm-menu-directory(1)
bvwm-menu-xlock(1)
bvwm-perllib(1)
bvwm-root(1)
bvwmall(1)
bvwmcommands(1)
bvwmmenus(1)
bvwmstyles(1)

pkg-plist 494

bin/bhotkeys-bvwm-run
bin/fvwm-tile
bin/super-menu-arm
bin/super-menu-open
bin/super-menu-release
bin/bvwm
bin/bvwm-FvwmCommand
bin/bvwm-FvwmPrompt
bin/bvwm-convert-2.6
bin/bvwm-menu-desktop
bin/bvwm-menu-directory
bin/bvwm-menu-xlock
bin/bvwm-perllib
bin/bvwm-root
bin/bvwm-same-class
bin/bvwm-super-menu-handler
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmAnimate
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmAuto
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmBacker
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmButtons
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmEvent
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmForm
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmIconMan
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmIdent
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmMFL
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmPager
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmPerl
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmRearrange
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmScript
libexec/bvwm/%%BVWM_VERSION%%/FvwmTalk
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmBacker
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmButtons
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmDefaults
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmIconMan
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmIdent
share/bvwm/ConfigFvwmPager
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-Capture
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-Desktop
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-Form
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-QuitVerify
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-Rlogin
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-RootCursor
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-Talk
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-TalkHelp
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-XDGMenuHelp
share/bvwm/FvwmForm-XDGOptionsHelp
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-BaseConfig
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-BellSetup
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-Buttons
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-Colorset
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-ComExample
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-ConfirmCopyConfig
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-ConfirmQuit
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-Date
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-DateTime
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-FileBrowser
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-Find
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-KeyboardSetup
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-PointerSetup
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-Quit
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenDump
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-ScreenSetup
share/bvwm/FvwmScript-WidgetDemo
share/bvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmCopyConfig
share/bvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-ConfirmQuit
share/bvwm/default-config/FvwmScript-DateTime
share/bvwm/default-config/bhotkeys.config
share/bvwm/default-config/config
share/bvwm/default-config/picom/default.conf
share/bvwm/default-config/super-menu
share/bvwm/default-config/tiling
share/bvwm/default-config/images/background/bg1.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/background/bg2.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/background/bg3.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/bgicons/bg1.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/bgicons/bg2.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/bgicons/bg3.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/fvwm-logo-small.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/apps.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/conf.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/help.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/info.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/programs.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/quit.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/refresh.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/restart.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/run_arrow.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/terminal.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/wallpaper.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/bottom.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/close.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/destroy.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/done.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/iconify.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/lower.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/max.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/move.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/raise.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/resize.png
share/bvwm/default-config/images/icons/win/sendto.png

The first 100 are listed.

distinfo 2

File

Size

SHA256

fvwm_icons-20070101.tar.bz2

330862

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FrauBSD-bvwm-1.1.5-bvwm.6_GH0.tar.gz

4.270122e+06

558266c52831d9bf4b31640c38b7eb368ad63d363700d5dd558c7e3205aa3d2b

Master sites 1

http://fvwm.sourceforge.net/generated/icon_download/:icons

Commit history 2

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-10-20

144c4025c3

Devin Teske

x11-wm/bvwm: Drop the Go 1.21 floor

Every Go toolchain in the tree is newer than 1.21, so the floor selects the default either way. Leave the choice to go.mk. Suggested by: fuz Reviewed by: fuz Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D60915

2026-10-20

dc33dbaaa5

Devin Teske

x11-wm/bvwm: New port

BVWM is a fork of fvwm3: still a floating window manager, and now able to work as a hybridized tiling manager. Enhancements summarized below: fvwm-tile is new to BVWM; helper making the hybrid possible: floating windows, tiled windows, or a mix of the two. The fvwm- prefix is there because it is fully backward compatible and can be lifted into fvwm. ButtonStyle hover is a new config directive offering UX improvement. TitleStyle ButtonWidth is a usability and accessibility improvement, supporting non-square window decor buttons so the decor is tap- friendly. A bare Super key press opens a start menu. With no DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS, bvwm re-execs through dbus-launch --exit-with-session. picom and bhotkeys-start start when those programs are in PATH. …