Motif (software)

Motif

Motif and the Motif Window Manager on Debian GNU/Linux
Stable release	2.3.8 / December 5, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-12-05)
Repository	sf.net/p/motif/code/
Written in	C
Type	Widget toolkit
License	LGPL-2.1-or-later (2.3.4 on) Proprietary (before 2.3.4)
Website	motif.ics.com/motif

In computing, Motif refers to both a graphical user interface (GUI) specification and the widget toolkit for building applications that follow that specification under the X Window System on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The Motif look and feel is distinguished by its use of rudimentary square and chiseled three-dimensional effects for its various user interface elements.

Motif is the toolkit for the Common Desktop Environment and IRIX Interactive Desktop, thus it was the standard widget toolkit for Unix. Closely related to Motif is the Motif Window Manager (MWM).

After many years as proprietary software, Motif was released in 2012, as free software under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL-2.1-or-later).^[1]