---
name: "matchbox-keyboard"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "matchbox-keyboard"
version: "0.2+git20160713-1.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/matchbox-keyboard"
---

# matchbox-keyboard(1)

on-screen keyboard

## NAME

matchbox-keyboard - on-screen keyboard

## SYNOPSIS

**matchbox-keyboard**

## DESCRIPTION

**matchbox-keyboard** is an on-screen \`virtual' or \`software' keyboard, designed for touch-screen devices running X.

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

## AUTHOR

**matchbox-keyboard** was written by Matthew Allum \<mallum@o-hand.com\>.
