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<h2>Distributions</h2>

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

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{% 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/wip/i3" img="/img/netbsd_logo.svg" height=56 %}
<br>
{% include downloadlogo.html title="OpenBSD" link="http://www.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 %}
<br>
{% include downloadlogo.html title="Slackware" link="http://slackbuilds.org/desktop/i3/" img="/img/slackware.svg" height=75 %}
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<p>
We also provide <a href="/docs/repositories.html">Debian and Ubuntu repositories</a> with up-to-date packages.
</p>

<h2>Downloads</h2>

<p>
  The current stable version is 4.9.
</p>

<p>
  <strong>IMPORTANT:</strong> If you use the nVidia binary driver, ensure you
  are using version 302.17 or newer. Read <a
  href="/docs/multi-monitor.html">this document</a> for an explanation and how
  to enable the work-around for older versions.
</p>

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  <thead>
  <tr>
    <th>Version</th>
    <th>Download</th>
    <th>Size</th>
    <th>Signature</th>
    <th>Release date</th>
    <th>Release notes</th>
  </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>4.9</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.9.tar.bz2">i3-4.9.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>919 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.9.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2015-02-28</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.9.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>4.8</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.8.tar.bz2">i3-4.8.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>918 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.8.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2014-06-15</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.8.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>4.7.2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.2.tar.bz2">i3-4.7.2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>877 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2014-01-23</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.7.2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>4.7.1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.1.tar.bz2">i3-4.7.1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>877 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2014-01-21</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.7.1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>4.7</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.tar.bz2">i3-4.7.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>876 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.7.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2013-12-22</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.7.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>4.6</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.6.tar.bz2">i3-4.6.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>871 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.6.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2013-08-07</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.6.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.5.1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.5.1.tar.bz2">i3-4.5.1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>859 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.5.1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2013-03-18</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.5.1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.5</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.5.tar.bz2">i3-4.5.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>859 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.5.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2013-03-12</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.5.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.4</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.4.tar.bz2">i3-4.4.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>864 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.4.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2012-12-12</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.4.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.3</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.3.tar.bz2">i3-4.3.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>833 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.3.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2012-09-19</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.3.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.2.tar.bz2">i3-4.2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>741 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2012-04-25</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.1.2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.2.tar.bz2">i3-4.1.2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>550 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2012-01-27</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.1.2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.1.1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.1.tar.bz2">i3-4.1.1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>551 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-12-24</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.1.1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.tar.bz2">i3-4.1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>551 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-11-11</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.0.2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.2.tar.bz2">i3-4.0.2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>465 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-08-28</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.0.1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.1.tar.bz2">i3-4.0.1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>462 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-08-01</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>4.0</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.tar.bz2">i3-4.0.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>462 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-4.0.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-07-31</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.ε-bf3</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf3.tar.bz2">i3-3.e-bf3.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>353 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf3.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-05-08</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.e-bf3.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.ε-bf2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf2.tar.bz2">i3-3.e-bf2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>285 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2011-01-19</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.e-bf2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.ε-bf1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf1.tar.bz2">i3-3.e-bf1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>285 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e-bf1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2010-06-09</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.e-bf1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.ε</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e.tar.bz2">i3-3.e.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>271 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.e.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2010-03-30</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.e.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.δ-bf1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.d-bf1.tar.bz2">i3-3.d-bf1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>153 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.d-bf1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-12-21</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.d-bf1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.δ</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.d.tar.bz2">i3-3.d.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>153 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.d.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-11-09</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.d.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.γ</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.c.tar.bz2">i3-3.c.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>107 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.c.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-08-19</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.c.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.β</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.b.tar.bz2">i3-3.b.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>96 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.b.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-06-26</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.b.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.α-bf2</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a-bf2.tar.bz2">i3-3.a-bf2.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>65 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a-bf2.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-05-03</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.a-bf2.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.α-bf1</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a-bf1.tar.bz2">i3-3.a-bf1.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>65 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a-bf1.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-05-03</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.a-bf1.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="oldversion">
    <td>3.α</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a.tar.bz2">i3-3.a.tar.bz2</a></td>
    <td>50 KiB</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/i3-3.a.tar.bz2.asc">signature</a></td>
    <td>2009-03-15</td>
    <td><a href="/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-3.a.txt">release notes</a></td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<a name="development-version"></a>
<h2>Development version</h2>

<p>
  Use <a href="http://git-scm.com/">git</a> to follow the latest changes or
  <a href="http://code.i3wm.org/i3">view them on this webpage</a>. This command checks out the 'master'
  branch:
</p>

<pre>
  $ git clone git://code.i3wm.org/i3
</pre>

<p>
  The 'master' branch is the current stable version plus bugfixes.<br>
  The 'next' branch is the next version, yet to be released. Use <tt>git
  checkout next</tt> to switch to the 'next' branch.
</p>

<p>
  If you prefer to download a tarball, or if you cannot use git for whatever reason,
  you may download the current master branch from
  <a href="http://code.i3wm.org/i3/snapshot/i3-master.tar.bz2">
    http://code.i3wm.org/i3/snapshot/i3-master.tar.bz2
  </a>
</p>

<h2>Announce mailing list</h2>

<p>
  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 <code>i3-announce-subscribe@i3.zekjur.net</code>
</p>


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