# i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager

## Distribution

i3 is currently distributed in the following operating systems/distributions:

- Debian GNU/Linux (in unstable currently)
- Arch Linux (in AUR), maintained by Atsutane
- Gentoo Linux (in sunrise), maintained by Moredread
  See also: i3-9999.ebuild
- FreeBSD (x11-wm/i3), maintained by dhn
- NetBSD (wip/i3 in pkgsrc-wip)
- Ubuntu Linux (in karmic/universe)

## Downloads

The current stable version is 3.β (transcribed 3.b because many systems still can’t handle UTF-8 in version numbers).

- 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:

      $ git clone git://code.stapelberg.de/i3

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.stapelberg.de/git/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`