ROX software available through Zero Install

This page lists all software in the index with a Zero Install URL. You can drag the links (the program names and icons) to AddApp to get the program.

For more information about Zero Install, see the 0install.net web-site.

Core software

The core software is a good minimal set of programs with which to start.

• ROX-Filer — the file manager at the core of the ROX desktop [ Home page ]
• OroboROX — a lightweight Window Manager for ROX [ Home page ]
• Archive — create and unpack archive files (supported formats include zip, tar, gz and bz). [ Home page ]
• ROX-Session — a simple session manager for the ROX Desktop. [ Home page ]
• ROX-Lib — contains shared code used by other ROX applications [ Home page ]
• Edit — a simple text editor [ Home page ]
• ROX-All — a single archive containing launchers for most of the ROX applications [ Home page ]
• AddApp — create ROX application launchers [ Home page ]

Audio/Video

Recording, editing and playback of music and videos.

• VideoThumbnail — Provides thumbnail images for video files. [ Home page ]
• Album — converts collections of MP3 files into an application directory that will play the files using xmms [ Home page ]

Configuration

Programs used to change the system or desktop configuration.

• Appearance — GTK and Icon theme configuration [ Home page ]
• Time — sets time and date [ Home page ]
• XPlanet — pinboard backdrop application [ Home page ]
• Resolution — change screen resolution dynamically [ Home page ]
• Mouse — mouse configuration applet [ Home page ]
• Keyboard — keyboard configuration applet [ Home page ]
• Gamma — set the gamma correction for your screen [ Home page ]
• MIME-Editor — change the rules for guessing a file's type [ Home page ]
• Wallpaper — can be used to place an image on your desktop background [ Home page ]

Development tools

Tools for software development, version control etc.

• Zero2Bundle — create self-contained bundles from a Zero Install feed [ Home page ]

Educational

Teaching software, and programs for children.

• Reinteract-ROX — a system for interactive experimentation with python [ Home page ]

Graphics

Viewing and editing of photographs and diagrams

• Picky — an Image Viewer [ Home page ]

Internet

Software for accessing the Internet (web browsers, email, etc).

• ROX-Samba — browse Samba networks via FUSE [ Home page ]
• DownloadManager — download manager for Fetch, limiting the number of simultaneous downloads [ Home page ]
• Launch — This provides facilities for launching URLs. [ Home page ]
• Mail — This applet provides mail/no mail notification by its icon and also serves as a launcher for your prefered mail client. [ Home page ]
• Fetch — This program acts as a download handler for ROX-Filer. [ Home page ]

Monitoring

System monitors (CPU load, network activity, etc)

• System — process and disk monitor [ Home page ]
• NetStat — This applet displays the current network activity [ Home page ]
• Mem — This applet displays the current memory usage and the current swap space usage. [ Home page ]
• Load — This applet displays the load average of your system (a measure of how much work it is trying to do). [ Home page ]
• Tail — This program displays the contents of a text file, updating as the text file is updated. [ Home page ]
• FreeFS — Monitor free space on a file system [ Home page ]

Other

Programs that don't fit in any other category.

• XDGSupport — creates SendTo items for .desktop files [ Home page ]
• Thumbs — simple thumbnail manager [ Home page ]
• XAttr — view or edit extended file attributes [ Home page ]
• Execute — GUI to run programs by command / run programs as different user [ Home page ]
• Trashcan — a trashcan that complies with the freedesktop-trash-spec [ Home page ]
• Depend — A utility for checking dependencies of other ROX utilities. [ Home page ]
• Memo — alarm clock and reminder list [ Home page ]
• AppFactory — This program automates the creation of ROX wrappers for non-ROX programs. [ Home page ]

Panel applets

A ROX panel applet is a small program that runs inside the panel.

• DevTray — shows devices in the panel [ Home page ]
• Weather — shows the weather [ Home page ]
• TaskTray — shows open windows as icons in a growing widget [ Home page ]
• RETicker — newsticker for the rox-panel [ Home page ]
• PanelClock — a simple clock for the panel [ Home page ]
• SystemTrayN — notification area applet [ Home page ]
• Tasklist — a panel applet that shows a list of currently open applications [ Home page ]
• Pager — an application and panel applet that shows a miniature view of your desktop. [ Home page ]
• NetStat — This applet displays the current network activity [ Home page ]
• Mem — This applet displays the current memory usage and the current swap space usage. [ Home page ]
• Mail — This applet provides mail/no mail notification by its icon and also serves as a launcher for your prefered mail client. [ Home page ]
• Load — This applet displays the load average of your system (a measure of how much work it is trying to do). [ Home page ]
• FreeFS — Monitor free space on a file system [ Home page ]
• Clock — A clock applet. [ Home page ]

Text processing

Text editors and processing utilities.

• Diff — This program displays a coloured context diff between two files. [ Home page ]
• Tail — This program displays the contents of a text file, updating as the text file is updated. [ Home page ]
• Edit — a simple text editor [ Home page ]

Library

A library contains shared code that is used by other programs.

• ROX-Lib — contains shared code used by other ROX applications [ Home page ]
• ROX-CLib — C library for ROX [ Home page ]