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Port details on branch 2026Q2
alttab Task switcher for minimalistic window managers
1.8.0_1 x11 on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.8.0_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: eduardo@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-05-08 17:51:05
Last Update: 2026-05-08 17:40:24
Commit Hash: 1ff3847
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://github.com/sagb/alttab
Description:
X11 window switcher designed for minimalistic window managers (ratpoison, xmonad and others) or standalone X11 session. It is lightweight and depends only on basic X11 libs, conforming to the usage of lightweight WM.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/alttab
  2. share/man/man1/alttab.1.gz
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/alttab-1.8.0_1/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/alttab-1.8.0_1/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/alttab-1.8.0_1/GPLv3
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • alttab>0:x11/alttab
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/x11/alttab/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install x11/alttab
  • pkg install alttab
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: alttab
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1778220808 SHA256 (sagb-alttab-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = bd2651a23cff51497101d869c12e0209e94f95160b4f40505ae34ef3d3a695b1 SIZE (sagb-alttab-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2858038

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. uthash.h : devel/uthash
  2. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  3. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  4. xft.pc : x11-fonts/libXft
  5. xpm.pc : x11/libXpm
  6. xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
  7. xrender.pc : x11/libXrender
Runtime dependencies:
  1. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  2. xft.pc : x11-fonts/libXft
  3. xpm.pc : x11/libXpm
  4. xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
  5. xrender.pc : x11/libXrender
Library dependencies:
  1. libpng.so : graphics/png
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for alttab-1.8.0_1: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
x11_alttab
USES:
localbase pkgconfig xorg
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/sagb/alttab/tar.gz/v1.8.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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1.8.0_1
08 May 2026 17:40:24
commit hash: 1ff3847103db402ab266e83bee3da2bfa7317e96commit hash: 1ff3847103db402ab266e83bee3da2bfa7317e96commit hash: 1ff3847103db402ab266e83bee3da2bfa7317e96commit hash: 1ff3847103db402ab266e83bee3da2bfa7317e96 files touched by this commit
Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer
x11/alttab: Take maintainership

- Remove unneeded GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX

(cherry picked from commit 867eb239184ae8054ec3fb0484430fd61d11effc)
1.8.0
08 May 2026 17:40:18
commit hash: 4d91bde3101e88111f2320323fe5786237cf1483commit hash: 4d91bde3101e88111f2320323fe5786237cf1483commit hash: 4d91bde3101e88111f2320323fe5786237cf1483commit hash: 4d91bde3101e88111f2320323fe5786237cf1483 files touched by this commit
Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Fernando ApesteguĂ­a
x11/alttab: Update to 1.8.0

ChangeLog: https://github.com/sagb/alttab/releases/tag/v1.8.0

 * Disable bottom line by default.
 * Avoid xnee dependency in tests.
 * Build variable to debug icon source.
 * More secure input filtering.
 * Option -s 5 to prefer file icon if size is equal.
 * Escape key to close UI.
 * Handle COMPOUND WM_NAME.
 * Secure window name loading in ratpoison.
 * Show desktop names instead of numbers.
 * Adapt test script for Darwin.
 * Option -sortmin to show minimized windows last.
 * Option -min to color minimized windows frames.
 * Fix DISPLAY in test script.
 * Fix C language errors.

Reported by:	portscout

(cherry picked from commit 10844f82f88ea31e75d5633e34712297cf56a4b9)

Number of commits found: 2