Distributions

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

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

Downloads

The current stable version is 4.18.2.

All releases are crytographically signed with the following GnuPG key:

pub 4096R/4E7160ED4AC8EE1D 2009-05-21 [expires: 2022-05-05]] 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>

Development version

Please verify all releases before using them.

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 'stable' branch is the current stable version plus bugfixes.

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

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