# Kali Linux changelog

> The penetration-testing and security-auditing Linux distribution.

- Vendor: OffSec
- Category: Operating Systems
- Official site: https://www.kali.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux)
- Harvested from: Blog (https://www.kali.org/rss.xml)
- Entries below: 5 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'.

## Releases

### 2026.2 — Kali Linux 2026.2 Release (GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, Helper Scripts, APT Formats & VM Boot Tweaking)

- Date: 2026-06-29
- Version: 2026.2
- Original notes: https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux/releases/2026.2

It’s the final week of Q2, and Kali Linux 2026.2 is here - right on schedule ;) We have been heads down since our last release, and we are ready to share what we have been working on. This relea…

### 2026.1 — Kali Linux 2026.1 Release (2026 Theme & BackTrack Mode)

- Date: 2026-03-24
- Version: 2026.1
- Original notes: https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-1-release/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux/releases/2026.1

New year, new release - Kali 2026.1 is here! There is everything from a fresh coat of paint to a nod to our roots, with normal ongoing improvements. Building on from December’s 2025.4 , the summ…

### 2025.4 — Kali Linux 2025.4 Release (Desktop Environments, Wayland & Halloween Mode)

- Date: 2025-12-12
- Version: 2025.4
- Original notes: https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-4-release/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux/releases/2025.4

Say hello to Kali Linux 2025.4! Expect updated tools, performance tweaks, and improved support - no fluff, just the essentials. The summary of the changelog since the 2025.3 release from September is:…

### 2025.3 — Kali Linux 2025.3 Release (Vagrant & Nexmon)

- Date: 2025-09-23
- Version: 2025.3
- Original notes: https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-3-release/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux/releases/2025.3

Another quarter, another drop - Kali 2025.3 is now here! Bringing you another round of updates, new features and introducing some new tools - pushing Kali further. The summary of the changelog since t…

### 2025.2 — Kali Linux 2025.2 Release (Kali Menu Refresh, BloodHound CE & CARsenal)

- Date: 2025-06-13
- Version: 2025.2
- Original notes: https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-2-release/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kali-linux/releases/2025.2

We’re almost half way through 2025 already, and we’ve got a lot to share with you in this release, Kali 2025.2 . The summary of the changelog since the 2025.1 release from March is: Deskto…