Download

Downloads are listed here for all the supported platforms.
For most use cases, you can install any supported version on both client and server.

Download Channels

There are 3 separate repositories which you can browse, each tracking a different version:

• LTS contains the v5.1.x Long Term Support releases
• stable is currently tracking the latest branch from the v6.x series
• beta is the most up-to-date channel

Source Downloads

The source can be downloaded directly from https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra, or using release snapshots:

• pypi releases (preferred)
• xpra.org (identical to pypi)
• github releases (use as backup solution only)

Signatures

All the binary downloads are signed using the PGP key https://xpra.org/xpra.asc aka F18AD6BB, the key fingerprint is B499 3B57 3231 48E3 7977 E5D8 7325 4CAD 1797 8FAF.
For rather tedious reasons, you may need to import two almost identical versions of this key to use the repositories on Debian systems.

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Microsoft Windows

References

Installation Formats

The Microsoft Windows download directories (LTS, stable and beta) contain for each architecture:

Format	Purpose
EXE	General purpose installer
MSI	alternative installer for unattended installations
ZIP	local installation without administrative rights, missing file association

Build Types

Build Type	Differentiation
Light	Low disk space usage, more limited codec support
Full	Complete installation with all codecs, including server support - much bigger

Architectures

Both x86_64 (aka AMD64 or x64) and arm64 are fully supported, but arm64 builds has more limited hardware support.

Signature and SBOM

• the signatures can be verified using GPG, see details above
• the sbom files uses the cyclonedx JSON file format, these files may be slightly incomplete for non-Light builds

Unattended installations

• use the MSI installer
• use the EXE installer with the /verysilent InnoSetup command line argument

Download Links

Light builds

Architecture	Channel	EXE Download	MSI Download	ZIP Download	SBOM
x86_64	LTS	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip
arm64	LTS	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip
x86_64	stable	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip
arm64	stable	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip
x86_64	beta	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip
arm64	beta	Xpra-Light_Setup.exe	Xpra-Light.MSI	Xpra-Light.zip

Full builds

Channel	EXE Download	MSI Download	ZIP Download	SBOM
LTS	Xpra_Setup.exe	Xpra.MSI	Xpra.zip
stable	Xpra_Setup.exe	Xpra.MSI	Xpra.zip
beta	Xpra_Setup.exe	Xpra.MSI	Xpra.zip

Alternatives

• you can also install xpra using MSYS2 by running pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-xpra. There are downsides to this installation method: no nvidia codecs or file association. You can control some of the components and dependencies manually, though this is not easy
• build from source
• html5 client

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MacOS

Download Formats

The macOS download directories (LTS, stable and beta) contain:

Format	Purpose
PKG	Structured package format: preferred, will install file association
DMG	Disk Image: general purpose installer

Download Links

The latest builds for each MacOS download channel (LTS, stable and beta) are:

Architecture	Format	LTS Download	Stable Download	Beta Download
x86_64	DMG	Xpra.dmg	Xpra.dmg	Xpra.dmg
x86_64	PKG	Xpra.pkg	Xpra.pkg	Xpra.pkg
arm64	DMG	Xpra.dmg	Xpra.dmg	Xpra.dmg
arm64	PKG	Xpra.pkg	Xpra.pkg	Xpra.pkg

These MacOS packages are not notarized, please see Can't you just right click? for installation.

🔴 If MacOS complains that the application is damaged, run:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Xpra.app

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Linux

Automated repository installation for supported distributions (Fedora, RHEL and clones, Debian and Ubuntu) using a shell script:

curl https://xpra.org/get-xpra.sh | bash

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Or as separate steps:

git clone https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra
cd xpra
./setup.py install-repo

Then you can just install xpra using your package manager.
To install the beta or lts channels, use the install-beta-repo or install-lts-repo subcommands instead.

Sub-packages

Starting with version 6, xpra packages make extensive use of sub-packages.

As long as you avoid buggy downstream packages, installing xpra using your package manager should install the client and server components as well as most picture codecs and audio support.

for RPM distributions:

Download Links

• download the chosen repository file (stable, lts or beta) into /etc/yum.repos.d as root, ie: for Fedora:

# also available:
# REPO="xpra-lts"
# REPO="xpra-beta"
REPO="xpra"
wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/xpra.repo https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xpra-org/xpra/master/packaging/repos/Fedora/${REPO}.repo

• dnf install xpra

Distribution	LTS Repository file	Stable Repository file	Beta Repository File	Extra Notes
Fedora	xpra-lts.repo	xpra.repo	xpra-beta.repo
AlmaLinux	xpra-lts.repo	xpra.repo	xpra-beta.repo	enable crb and EPEL
RockyLinux	xpra-lts.repo	xpra.repo	xpra-beta.repo	enable crb and EPEL
OracleLinux	xpra-lts.repo	xpra.repo	xpra-beta.repo	enable codeready_builder and EPEL
RedHat Enterprise Linux	use AlmaLinux repository	use AlmaLinux repository
CentOS	use AlmaLinux repository	use AlmaLinux repository
CentOS Stream	xpra-lts.repo	xpra.repo	xpra-beta.repo

Starting with version 5, the RPM packages depend on rpmfusion packages for some codecs, RHEL and clones also depend on EPEL packages.
To enable crb: dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
Should you wish to do so, you can also build your own packages.
Unreleased distributions (ie: Fedora Rawhide) should use the beta repositories, your mileage may vary.

for Debian based distributions:

Download Links

• ensure the SSL certificates are up to date: sudo apt install ca-certificates
• import the key used for signing the packages (newer Debian releases require a newer key, a newer sources format, etc):

  sudo wget -O "/usr/share/keyrings/xpra.asc" https://xpra.org/xpra.asc

  (if the file already exists, you may hit some problems )
• download the appropriate repository file (see table below) into /etc/apt/sources.list.d as root:
  cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d ; wget $REPOFILE
• then run apt update ; apt install xpra

Distribution	LTS Repository File	Stable Repository File	Beta Repository File
Debian Bullseye	xpra-lts.sources	not available	xpra-beta.sources
Debian Bookworm	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources
Debian Trixie	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources
Debian Forky	(*) use beta only	(*) use beta only	xpra-beta.sources
Debian Sid	(*) use beta only	(*) use beta only	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Bionic Beaver	xpra-lts.sources	(*) not available	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Focal Fossa	xpra-lts.sources	(*) not available	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Noble Nombat	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Oracular Oriole	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources
Ubuntu Plucky Puffin	xpra-lts.sources	xpra.sources	xpra-beta.sources

The DEB repositories may require the "universe" repository source to be activated to get all the features.
(*) Distributions that do not provide a stable ABI should enable the beta repository.
(*) Older distributions can only run xpra 5.x and not later versions.

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Step by step example for installing the stable repository on Ubuntu Noble Numbat

Execute these commands as root (ie: using `sudo):

DISTRO="noble"
# other options:
# REPO="xpra-lts"
# REPO="xpra-beta"
REPO="xpra"
# install https support for apt (which may be installed already):
apt update
apt install apt-transport-https software-properties-common
apt install ca-certificates
# add xpra GPG key:
wget -O "/usr/share/keyrings/xpra.asc" https://xpra.org/xpra.asc
# add the xpra repository:
wget -O "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/$REPO.sources" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xpra-org/xpra/master/packaging/repos/$DISTRO/$REPO.sources
# install the xpra package:
apt update
apt install xpra

For other distributions or variants, simply change DISTRO to match your distribution name.