Distributions

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

<% distros = [ [ "Debian GNU/Linux", "http://packages.debian.org/sid/i3", "/img/debian.png", 93 ], [ "Arch Linux", "http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/i3-wm/", "/img/archlinux.png", 75 ], [ "Gentoo Linux", "http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-wm/i3", "/img/gentoo-logo.png", 79 ], [ "Ubuntu Linux", "http://packages.ubuntu.com/i3", "/img/ubuntu.png", 75 ], [ "FreeBSD", "http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11-wm/i3/", "/img/freebsd.png", 59 ], [ "NetBSD", "http://pkgsrc.se/wip/i3", "/img/netbsd_logo.png", 56 ], [ "OpenBSD", "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/i3/", "/img/Openbsd2.png", 49 ], [ "openSUSE", "http://software.opensuse.org/package/i3", "/img/opensuse.png", 95 ], [ "Mageia", "http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/application/0/name/i3", "/img/mageia.png", 85 ], [ "Fedora", "https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/i3", "/img/fedora.png", 75 ], [ "Exherbo", "http://git.exherbo.org/summer/packages/x11-wm/i3/index.html", "/img/exherbo.svg", 85 ], [ "Pibang Linux", "http://pibanglinux.org/", "/img/pibang.png", 61 ], ] c = 0 %> % for title, link, img, height in distros:

<% c += 1 %> % if c % 6 == 0:
% endif % endfor

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

Downloads

The current stable version is 4.5.1.

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.

Version	Download	Size	Signature	Release date	Release notes
4.5.1	i3-4.5.1.tar.bz2	859 KiB	signature	2013-03-12	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 'master' branch:

  $ git clone git://code.i3wm.org/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 next to switch to the 'next' 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 http://code.i3wm.org/i3/snapshot/i3-master.tar.bz2

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