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/karmic/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 ] ] c = 0 %> % for title, link, img, height in distros:

<% c += 1 %> % if c == (len(distros) / 4) * 4:
% endif % endfor

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

Downloads

The current stable version is 4.0.

IMPORTANT: If you use the nVidia binary driver (which does not support XRandR at the moment), read this document for an explanation and how to enable the work-around!

• i3-4.0.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 4.0, 462 KiB, 2011-07-31, release notes
• i3-3.e-bf3.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.ε-bf3, 353 KiB, 2011-05-08, release notes
• i3-3.e-bf2.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.ε-bf2, 285 KiB, 2011-01-19, release notes
• i3-3.e-bf1.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.ε-bf1, 285 KiB, 2010-06-09, release notes
• i3-3.e.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.ε, 271 KiB, 2010-03-30, release notes
• i3-3.d-bf1.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.δ-bf1, 153 KiB, 2009-12-21, release notes
• i3-3.d.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.δ, 153 KiB, 2009-11-09, release notes
• i3-3.c.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.γ, 107 KiB, 2009-08-19, release notes
• i3-3.b.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.β, 96 KiB, 2009-06-26, release notes
• i3-3.a-bf2.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.α-bf2, 65 KiB, 2009-05-03, hotfix for a problem with -bf1
• i3-3.a-bf1.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.α-bf1, 65 KiB, 2009-05-03, release notes
• i3-3.a.tar.bz2 (GPG signature), Version 3.α, 50 KiB, 2009-03-15

Development version

Use git to follow the latest changes. 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