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Kali Linux Release History

We release fresh images of Kali Linux every few months as a result of accumulative fixes, major security updates, installer updates, etc.

Please see https://bugs.kali.org/changelog_page.php for the most up-to-date log of changes.

• Kali 2020.2 – 12th May, 2020 – The second 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.5.0, XFCE 4.14.4

• Kali 2020.1b – 18th March, 2020 – Minor BugFix release (Offline setup issue).
• Kali 2020.1a – 13th February, 2020 – Minor BugFix release (xserver-xorg issue).
• Kali 2020.1 – 28th January, 2020 – The first 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.4.0, XFCE 4.14.2
• Kali 2019.4 – 26th November, 2019 – The fourth 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.3.9, XFCE 4.14.1
• Kali 2019.3 – 2nd September, 2019 – The third 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.2.9, GNOME 3.30.2
• Kali 2019.2 – 21st May, 2019 – The second 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.28, GNOME 3.30.2
• Kali 2019.1a – 4th March, 2019 – Minor BugFix release (VMware Installer).
• Kali 2019.1 – 18th February, 2019 – The first 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.13, GNOME 3.30.2
• Kali 2018.4 – 29th October, 2018 – The fourth 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.18.0, GNOME 3.30.1
• Kali 2018.3 – 27th August, 2018 – The third 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.17.0, GNOME 3.28.2
• Kali 2018.2 – 30th April, 2018 – The second 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.15.0, GNOME 3.28.0
• Kali 2018.1 – 6th February, 2018 – The first 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.14.12, GNOME 3.26.2
• Kali 2017.3 – 21st November, 2017 – The third 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.13, GNOME 3.26
• Kali 2017.2 – 20th September, 2017 – The second 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.12, GNOME 3.25.
• Kali 2017.1 – 25th April, 2017 – The first 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.9, GNOME 3.22.
• Kali 2016.2 – 31st August, 2016 – The second Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.6, GNOME 3.20.2.
• Kali 2016.1 – 21st January, 2016 – The first Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.3, GNOME 3.18.
• Kali 2.0 – 11th August, 2015 – Major release, “safi”, now a rolling distribution, major UI changes.
• Kali 1.1.0a – 13th March, 2015 – No fanfare release fixing kernel ABI inconsistencies in the installers.
• Kali 1.1.0 – 9th Febuary, 2015 – First dot release in 2 years. New kernel, new tools and updates.
• Kali 1.0.9a – 6th October, 2014 – Security BugFix release covering shellshock and Debian apt vulnerabilities.
• Kali 1.0.9 – 25th August, 2014 – BugFix release including installer and a set of tool updates and package fixes.
• Kali 1.0.8 – 22nd July, 2014 – EFI Support for our “full” ISOs and a set of tool updates and package fixes.
• Kali 1.0.7 – 27th May, 2014 – Kernel 3.14, tool updates, package fixes, Kali Live Encrypted USB Persistence.
• Kali 1.0.6 – 9th January, 2014 – Kernel 3.12, cryptsetup nuke option, Amazon AMI, ARM build scripts.
• Kali 1.0.5 – 5th September, 2013 – BugFix rollup. LVM Encrypted installs, Software Defined Radio (SDR) tools.
• Kali 1.0.4 – 25th July, 2013 – BugFix rollup. Penetration testing tool additions and updates.
• Kali 1.0.3 – 26th April, 2013 – BugFix rollup. New accessibility features. Added live Desktop installer.
• Kali 1.0.2 – 27th March, 2013 – Minor BugFix release and update roll-up.
• Kali 1.0.1 – 14th March, 2013 – Minor BugFix release (USB Keyboard).
• Kali 1.0.0 – 13th March, 2013 – Initial release, “moto”.

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Kali Linux Downloads

Download Kali Linux Images

We generate fresh Kali Linux image files every few months, which we make available for download. This page provides the links to download Kali Linux in its latest official release. For a release history, check our Kali Linux Releases page. Please note: You can find unofficial, untested weekly releases at http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/. Downloads are rate limited to 5 concurrent connections.

Kali Linux Weekly Builds

We now generate weekly Kali images so you can always get a fresh ISO whenever you need it. The ISOs will be generated each Sunday and will be versioned as “-W“. Once all builds are generated, they will be available via http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-images/kali-weekly. Each weekly release will have it’s own SHA256SUM file which will be available at http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/SHA256SUMS

Download ARM images

Are you looking for Kali Linux ARM images? The good folks at Offensive Security (who are also the funders, founders, and developers of Kali Linux) have generated alternate flavors of Kali using the same build infrastructure as the official Kali releases. ARM architecture Kali images produced by Offensive Security can be found on the Official Offensive Security Kali Linux ARM Images page.

Download Kali Linux Images Securely

When you download an image, be sure to download the SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg files that are next to the downloaded image (i.e. in the same directory on the Kali Linux Download Server). Before verifying the checksums of the image, you must ensure that the SHA256SUMS file is the one generated by Kali. That’s why the file is signed by Kali’s official key with a detached signature in SHA256SUMS.gpg. Kali’s official key can be downloaded like so:

Once you have downloaded both SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg, you can verify the signature as follows:

If you don’t get that “Good signature” message or if the key ID doesn’t match, then you should stop the process and review whether you downloaded the images from a legitimate Kali mirror.

Want an Updated or Custom Kali Image ?

Feeling a little more adventurous? Want to build the latest version of Kali? Want to customize your ISO? Looking for KDE, LXDE, MATE, XFCE and other customizations? This is the option for you. With everything set up correctly, the basic process is as simple as:

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