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Versions of InDesign

InDesign 1.0 (codenamed Shuksan, then K2): August 31, 1999
InDesign 1.0 (codenamed Hotaka): Japanese support
InDesign 1.5 (codenamed Sherpa): April 2001;
InDesign 2.0 (codenamed Annapurna): January 2002
InDesign CS (3.0) (codenamed Dragontail): October 2003
InDesign CS2 (4.0) (codenamed Firedrake): May 2005
InDesign Server (codenamed Bishop): October 2005
InDesign CS3 (5.0) (codenamed Cobalt): April 2007
InDesign CS3 Server (codenamed Xenon): May 2007
InDesign CS4 (6.0) (codenamed Basil): October 2008
InDesign CS4 Server (codenamed Thyme)
InDesign CS5 (7.0) (codenamed Rocket): April 2010
InDesign CS5.5 (7.5) (codenamed Odin): April 2011
InDesign CS6 (8.0) (codenamed Athos): April 23, 2012
InDesign CC (9.2) (codenamed Citius): January 15, 2014
InDesign CC 2014 (10) (codenamed Sirius): June 18, 2014
InDesign CC 2014.1 (10.1): Oct 6, 2014
InDesign CC 2014.2 (10.2): Feb 11, 2015
InDesign CC 2015 (11.0): Jun 15, 2015
InDesign CC 2015.1 (11.1): Aug 11, 2015
InDesign CC 2015.2 (11.2): Nov 30, 2015
InDesign CC 2015.4 (11.3): Jun 20, 2016
InDesign CC 2017 (12.0): Nov 2, 2016
InDesign CC 2017.1 (12.1): Apr 14, 2017
InDesign CC 2018.1 (13.0): Oct 18, 2017
InDesign CC 2018.1 (13.0.1): Nov 2017
InDesign CC 2018.1 (13.1): March 2018
InDesign CC 2018.1 (13.2): March 2018
InDesign CC 2019.1 (14.0.1): Nov 2018
InDesign 2020 (15.0): Nov 2019
InDesign 2020 (15.0.1): Dec 2019
InDesign 2020 (15.1 and 15.1.1 a few days later): June 2020. Introduces “Share for Review” feature enabling nonusers to add comments in a way similar to a PDF.
InDesign 2020 (16.0): October 2020;
InDesign 2021 (16.1): January 2021;
InDesign 2021 (16.2): 19 April 2021.
InDesign 2021 (16.3): 14 July 2021.
InDesign 2021 (16.4): 26 August 2021.
InDesign 2022 (17.0): October 2022
InDesign 2022 (17.1): January 2022
InDesign 2022 (17.3): May 2022
InDesign 2023 (18.0)
InDesign 2024 (19.0)
InDesign 2024 (19.1): December 2023

How to get version of InDesign application

This line returns the version number:

var appVersion = Number(String(app.version).split(".")[0]);

Here are functions that get application version.

See also How to get the version of an InDesign file