Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
Release history
17 releasesVersionCodenameReleased
2026.2Latest
2026-06-29
2026.1
2026-03-24
2025.4
2025-12-12
2025.3
2025-09-24
2025.2
2025-06-13
2025.1a
2025-03-19
2024.4
2024-12-16
2024.3
2024-09-11
2024.2
2024-06-05
2024.1
2024-02-28
2023.04
2023-12-05
2023.3
2023-08-24
2023.2
2023-05-31
2023.1
2023-03-13
2022.4
2022-12-06
2022.3
2022-08-09
2022.2
2022-05-16