Distributions

Please use the i3 packages provided by the distribution you are using. i3 is currently distributed in the following operating systems/distributions:

{% include downloadlogo.html title="Debian GNU/Linux" link="http://packages.debian.org/sid/i3" img="/img/debian.svg" height=93 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Arch Linux" link="http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/i3-wm/" img="/img/archlinux.svg" height=75 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Gentoo Linux" link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-wm/i3" img="/img/gentoo-logo.svg" height=79 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Ubuntu Linux" link="http://packages.ubuntu.com/i3" img="/img/ubuntu.svg" height=75 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="FreeBSD" link="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11-wm/i3/" img="/img/freebsd.png" height=59 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="NetBSD" link="http://pkgsrc.se/wm/i3" img="/img/netbsd_logo.svg" height=56 %}
{% include downloadlogo.html title="OpenBSD" link="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/i3/" img="/img/Openbsd2.png" height=49 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="openSUSE" link="http://software.opensuse.org/package/i3" img="/img/opensuse.svg" height=48 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Mageia" link="http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/application/0/name/i3" img="/img/mageia.png" height=85 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Fedora" link="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/i3/" img="/img/fedora.svg" height=75 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Exherbo" link="http://git.exherbo.org/summer/packages/x11-wm/i3/index.html" img="/img/exherbo.svg" height=85 %} {% include downloadlogo.html title="Pibang Linux" link="http://pibanglinux.com/" img="/img/pibang.png" height=61 %}
{% include downloadlogo.html title="Slackware" link="http://slackbuilds.org/desktop/i3/" img="/img/slackware.svg" height=75 %}

We also provide Debian and Ubuntu repositories with up-to-date packages.

Downloads

The current stable version is 4.12.

IMPORTANT: If you use the nVidia binary driver, ensure you are using version 302.17 or newer. Read this document for an explanation and how to enable the work-around for older versions.

All releases are crytographically signed with the following GnupG key:

pub   4096R/4E7160ED4AC8EE1D 2009-05-21 [expires: 2019-04-26]
      Key fingerprint = 424E 14D7 03E7 C6D4 3D9D  6F36 4E71 60ED 4AC8 EE1D
      uid                  Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
      uid                  Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>
      uid                  Michael Stapelberg (RENT-A-GURU) <michael@rent-a-guru.de>

Please verify all releases before using them.

Version	Download	Size	Signature	Release date	Release notes
4.12	i3-4.12.tar.bz2	965 KiB	signature	2016-03-06	release notes
4.11	i3-4.11.tar.bz2	951 KiB	signature	2015-09-30	release notes
4.10.4	i3-4.10.4.tar.bz2	919 KiB	signature	2015-09-08	release notes
4.10.3	i3-4.10.3.tar.bz2	920 KiB	signature	2015-07-30	release notes
4.10.2	i3-4.10.2.tar.bz2	921 KiB	signature	2015-04-16	release notes
4.10.1	i3-4.10.1.tar.bz2	921 KiB	signature	2015-03-29	release notes
4.10	i3-4.10.tar.bz2	918 KiB	signature	2015-03-29	release notes
4.9.1	i3-4.9.1.tar.bz2	918 KiB	signature	2015-03-07	release notes
4.9	i3-4.9.tar.bz2	919 KiB	signature	2015-02-28	release notes
4.8	i3-4.8.tar.bz2	918 KiB	signature	2014-06-15	release notes
4.7.2	i3-4.7.2.tar.bz2	877 KiB	signature	2014-01-23	release notes
4.7.1	i3-4.7.1.tar.bz2	877 KiB	signature	2014-01-21	release notes
4.7	i3-4.7.tar.bz2	876 KiB	signature	2013-12-22	release notes
4.6	i3-4.6.tar.bz2	871 KiB	signature	2013-08-07	release notes
4.5.1	i3-4.5.1.tar.bz2	859 KiB	signature	2013-03-18	release notes
4.5	i3-4.5.tar.bz2	859 KiB	signature	2013-03-12	release notes
4.4	i3-4.4.tar.bz2	864 KiB	signature	2012-12-12	release notes
4.3	i3-4.3.tar.bz2	833 KiB	signature	2012-09-19	release notes
4.2	i3-4.2.tar.bz2	741 KiB	signature	2012-04-25	release notes
4.1.2	i3-4.1.2.tar.bz2	550 KiB	signature	2012-01-27	release notes
4.1.1	i3-4.1.1.tar.bz2	551 KiB	signature	2011-12-24	release notes
4.1	i3-4.1.tar.bz2	551 KiB	signature	2011-11-11	release notes
4.0.2	i3-4.0.2.tar.bz2	465 KiB	signature	2011-08-28	release notes
4.0.1	i3-4.0.1.tar.bz2	462 KiB	signature	2011-08-01	release notes
4.0	i3-4.0.tar.bz2	462 KiB	signature	2011-07-31	release notes
3.ε-bf3	i3-3.e-bf3.tar.bz2	353 KiB	signature	2011-05-08	release notes
3.ε-bf2	i3-3.e-bf2.tar.bz2	285 KiB	signature	2011-01-19	release notes
3.ε-bf1	i3-3.e-bf1.tar.bz2	285 KiB	signature	2010-06-09	release notes
3.ε	i3-3.e.tar.bz2	271 KiB	signature	2010-03-30	release notes
3.δ-bf1	i3-3.d-bf1.tar.bz2	153 KiB	signature	2009-12-21	release notes
3.δ	i3-3.d.tar.bz2	153 KiB	signature	2009-11-09	release notes
3.γ	i3-3.c.tar.bz2	107 KiB	signature	2009-08-19	release notes
3.β	i3-3.b.tar.bz2	96 KiB	signature	2009-06-26	release notes
3.α-bf2	i3-3.a-bf2.tar.bz2	65 KiB	signature	2009-05-03	release notes
3.α-bf1	i3-3.a-bf1.tar.bz2	65 KiB	signature	2009-05-03	release notes
3.α	i3-3.a.tar.bz2	50 KiB	signature	2009-03-15	release notes

Development version

Use git to follow the latest changes or view them on this webpage. This command checks out the 'next' branch:

  $ git clone https://github.com/i3/i3

The 'master' branch is the current stable version plus bugfixes.
The 'next' branch is the next version, yet to be released. Use git checkout master to switch to the 'master' branch.

If you prefer to download a tarball, or if you cannot use git for whatever reason, you may download the current master branch from https://github.com/i3/i3/archive/master.tar.gz .

Announce mailing list

If you want to be notified when a new version of i3 is released, please subscribe to the announce mailing list by sending a mail to i3-announce-subscribe@i3.zekjur.net