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Last Update: 2025-12-06 08:21 UTC


FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.

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  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-12-02: BSD Release: FreeBSD 15.0
 • 2025-11-17: Development Release: FreeBSD 15.0-RC1
 • 2025-10-12: Development Release: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1
 • 2025-06-10: BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.3
 • 2025-05-10: Development Release: FreeBSD 14.3-BETA2
 • 2025-03-11: BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.5
 • 2025-02-15: Development Release: FreeBSD 13.5-BETA2
 • 2024-12-03: BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.2
 • 2024-11-09: Development Release: FreeBSD 14.2-BETA2
 • 2024-09-17: BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.4
 • 2024-06-04: BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.1
 • 2024-05-20: Development Release: FreeBSD 14.1-BETA3
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 • 2025-11-30 FreeBSD publishes third quarter Status Report
 • 2025-11-09 FreeBSD makes progress with reproducible builds
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 • 2025-07-30 Handling third-party software removal with FreeBSD pkg
 • 2025-07-22 FreeBSD to make it easier to enable a desktop environment at install time
 • 2025-05-21 FreeBSD publishes first Quarterly Status Report for 2025
 • 2025-05-19 FreeBSD making progress in supporting laptop hardware
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Feature 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Feature
Release Date 2025-12-06 2025-12-06 2025-12-02 2025-06-10 2025-03-11 2022-12-05 2018-07-08 2017-10-03 2014-07-15 2013-06-09 2011-02-24 2008-11-28 2006-05-25 2005-01-25 2000-06-24 1998-11-29 Release Date
End Of Life 2029-12-31 2028-11-30 2029-12 2025-09-30 2026-04-30 2024-06 2021-09 2018-10 2016-12 2015-08             End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     200-4300 200-4300 200-3800 200-3200 200-3200 200-2900 100-1700               Image Size (MB)
Free Download Ports Ports ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop                                 Default Desktop
Default Browser                                 Default Browser
Package Management TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TBZ TBZ TBZ TGZ TGZ TGZ Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, amd64, armv6, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC Init Software
Journaled File Systems UFS2 SU+J UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal           Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw Asian Language Support
Full Package List 15-current 14-stable 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Full Package List
Package 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.14 1.2.14 1.2.14 1.2.12 1.2.12 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.23 1.0.23 1.0.10 -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 22.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 22.0.0 18.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.2)
apt (3.1.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6.46 0.6.46 0.6.46 -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.12)
bash (5.3) 5.3.8 5.3.8 5.3 5.2.37 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.04 2.02.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.16) 9.20.16 9.20.16 9.20.16 9.20.8 9.18.1 9.18.7 9.14.1 9.11.2 9.9.5 9.7.2-P3 9.7.2 9.5.0 9.3.2 9.3.0 -- 8.1.2 bind (9.20.16)
chromium (143.0.7499.40) 142.0.7444.175 142.0.7444.175 140.0.7339.80 136.0.7103.92 131.0.6778.204 -- 73.0.3683.103 60.0.3112.101 35.0.1916.153 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (143.0.7499.40)
cinnamon (6.4.13) 6.4.13 6.4.13 6.4.10 5.4.9 5.4.9 4.8.6 2.4.6 2.4.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.13)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.15 2.4.15 2.4.14 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.2 2.2.10 2.2.3 1.7.1 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.3.9 1.1.23 1.1.22 -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.46.5 1.45.2 1.43.4 1.42.9 1.41.13 1.41.14 1.41.0 1.38 1.35 -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) 6.1.2_17 6.1.2_17 6.1.2 6.1.2 6.1.2 4.4.3 4.1.3 3.3.3 2.1.1 0.6.1 0.6.1 cvs 0.4.9 0.4.9 -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (145.0.2) 146.0 146.0 145.0.1 138.0.3 128.7.01 106.0.3 67.0.2 55.0.3 28.0.1 3.6.13 3.6.13 3.0.4 1.5.0.1 1.0 -- -- firefox (145.0.2)
flatpak (1.16.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.14.1 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.5.3 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.3.7 2.1.10 2.1.7 1.3.1 1.1 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 14.2.0 14.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 13 12.2.0 8.3.0 6.4.0 4.7.3 4.3.4 4.6.0 3.4.6 3.3.6 3.2.3 -- 2.8.1 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.32 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.10 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.4.7 2.2.10 2.2.1 -- 1.0.2 gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.52.0) 2.51.2 2.51.2 2.51.0 2.49.0 2.48.1 2.38.1 2.21.0 2.13.5 1.9.0 1.7.3.5 1.7.3.5 1.6.0.1 1.2.2 -- -- -- git (2.52.0)
glibc (2.42) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.2) 47.10 47.10 47.10 42.4 42.4 42.4 3.28.3 3.18.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.2)
grub (2.12) 2.02 -- 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.98 1.98 -- 0.97 0.95 -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.18.6 4.18.6 4.18.6 4.18.4 4.16.12 4.8.0 3.22.29 3.22.15 3.8.8 2.22.1 2.22.1 2.12.11 2.8.11 2.4.14 1.2.8 1.0.6 gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.65 2.4.65 2.4.65 2.4.63 2.4.62 2.4.54 2.4.39 2.4.27 2.4.9 2.2.17 2.2.17 2.2.9 2.2.0 2.0.52 -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4 1.4 1.2.1 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.48.4 0.48.0 0.48.0 0.46 0.43 0.38.1 -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.13) 5.2.13 5.2.13 5.2.13 5.2.9 5.2.6 5.1.1 4.1.8 3.1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.13)
LibreOffice (25.8.3) 25.8.3 25.8.3 25.8.1 25.2.2 24.2.4 7.4.2 6.2.2 5.3.4 4.1.5 -- -- 2.4.1 -- 1.1.3 -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.3)
Package 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
libselinux (3.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.18)
mariadb (12.1.2) 11.8.5 11.8.5 11.8.3 11.4.5 11.4.2 10.6.10 10.3.13 10.2.6 5.5.35 5.2.4 5.2.4 -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.0 1.20.3 1.12.1 1.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.1) 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 21.3.8 18.3.2 17.1.4 10.1.0 7.9.1 7.9.1 -- -- -- 3.2 3.0 mesa (25.3.1)
mysql (9.5.0) 9.4.0 9.4.0 3.3.0 9.1.0 3.3.0 8.0.30 8.0.16 5.7.19 5.6.17 5.1.55 5.5.9 5.0.67 5.0.18 4.1.7 3.22.32 3.22.10b mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.2) 47.5 47.5 47.5 47.2 42.2 42.2 3.28.1 3.18.5 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.22.5.1 2.12.2 2.8.2 -- -- nautilus (49.2)
NVIDIA (580.105.08) 580.105.08 580.105.08 580.95.05 570.124.04 550.54.14 510.60.02 390.87 375.66 331.49 -- 270.18 -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (580.105.08)
openjdk (25) 25 25 24.0.2 24.0.0 17.0.1.12.1 17.0.4 12.0.0 8u131 7u51 7b122 7b122 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 10.0p1 9.9p2 9.7p1 9.0p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 5.4p1 5.2p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 -- -- openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.4.1 3.0.15 1.1.1q 1.1.1b 1.0.2l 1.0.1 1.0.0 1.0.0d 0.9.8h 0.9.8a 0.9.7e -- -- openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.40.2 5.36.3 5.36.0 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.12.3 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.5 -- 5.005.02 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.0) 8.5.0 8.5.0 8.4.13 8.4.5 8.3.8 8.1.12 7.3.6 7.1.8 5.5.10 5.3.5 5.3.5 5.2.6 5.1.2 5.0.3 -- -- php (8.5.0)
plasma-desktop (6.5.3) 6.5.3 -- 6.4.5 6.3.5 6.1.2 5.24.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.3)
postfix (3.10.7) 3.10.6 3.10.6 3.10.41 3.10.1 3.9.11 3.7.2 3.3.4 3.2.2 2.11.0 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.5.4 2.2.9 2.1.5 -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) 18.1 18.1 18.1 17.4 1.3.2 14.5 11.3 9.6.4 8.4.21 9.0.3 9.0.3 8.3.3 8.1.3 7.4.6 -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.2) 3.14.1 3.14.1 3.12.11 3.11.11 3.11.11 3.11.0 3.7.3 3.6.1 2.7.6 2.6.6 3.1.3 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.4 1.5.2 1.5.1 Python (3.14.2)
qt (6.10.1) 6.9.3 5compat 6.9.3 6.8.3 6.8.2 5.15.5 5.12.1 5.7.1 4.8.5 4.7.1 4.7.1 3.3.8 3.3.5 3.3.3 1.45 1.41 qt (6.10.1)
samba (4.23.3) 4.22.3 4.22.3 4.20.7 4.20.7 4.19.7 4.13.17 4.8.9 4.6.6 4.1.6 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.0.32 3.0.21b 3.0.10 -- 1.9.18.10 samba (4.23.3)
systemd (258.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (258.2)
thunderbird (145.0) 145.0 145.0 145.0 138.0.1 128.7.1 102.4.1 60.7.1 52.3.0 24.4.0 3.1.7 3.1.7 2.0.0.16 1.5 1.0 -- -- thunderbird (145.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.3 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.22) 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.17.4 3.0.6 2.2.6 2.1.2 1.1.7 1.1.7 0.8.6i 0.8.4a -- -- -- vlc (3.0.22)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.21.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.0 4.16.1 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.6.2 4.6.2 4.4.2 4.2.3.2 4.0.6 -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.20 21.1.20 21.1.18 21.1.16 21.1.141 21.1.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.7.7 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.4.2 (6.9.0) -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-02
Votes: 13


Upgraded from 14.3 to 15.0 it was mostly easy apart from freebsd-update breaking my `/etc/pkg/*.conf` but that was my own fault and managed to fully upgrade very easily.

FreeBSD is different compared to the other bsds in that it has great linux emulation (virtualbox works!) and jails are very useful. Also, it uses ufs/zfs file system that is waaay faster than ffs that netbsd & openbsd use (usb is 900kb/s on ffs & 20mb/s on ufs/zfs).

Compared to linux, freebsd is very similar but just better, mostly faster, much more configurable and much more simple. It just works and is fast!


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Version: 14.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-15
Votes: 87


I set out to create a FreeBSD desktop based on XFCE for my ThinkPad T61. I was able to find an abundance of helpful, clean/clear documentation on the web, including the excellent FreeBSD Handbook. I was more than pleasantly surprised by the end result.

What I have now is a very fast, stable, clean setup on this T61. Compared to Linux, FreeBSD is a sane, consistent, reasonable, and coherently well-built whole of a complete operating system, not the sum of a bunch of parts as is Linux. Everything works: wifi, sound, video, etc. I haven't even begun to delve into some of the awesome FreeBSD tools available, such as the rock-solid ZFS file system, security, ports, Poudriere, Jails, Bastille, Capsicum, DTrace, bhyve, firewalls, tuning, and more.

More people need to check out FreeBSD as a desktop alternative to Linux.


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Version: 14-STABLE
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-05-30
Votes: 1


Strengths:

* Can be highly reliable if configured properly and run on suitable hardware.
* Best suited for specialized tasks, rather than functioning as a broad-purpose OS.
* Offers total freedom in how you use and deploy it.
* System management through FreeBSD’s built-in tools is simple and utilitarian.
* Its userland is more streamlined and organized compared to most GNU/Linux distributions.
* From a design perspective, FreeBSD is more complete than most GNU/Linux distros—though, depending on how you define usability, that’s becoming more debatable in recent times.
* Unlike many GNU/Linux distros, FreeBSD isn’t a product of multiple forks from various sources.

Weaknesses:

* Securing it properly from its default setup demands significant time and effort.
* Scalability is somewhat limited.
* You may face long-standing issues that remain unresolved, potentially lasting months or even years through various releases.
* Documentation is often outdated, requiring you to dig through online forums. This becomes more problematic the less familiar you are with the system, especially when working under tight deadlines.
* Not ideal as a daily operating system for general use due to the amount of work required to get things running smoothly.
* The Ports collection looks appealing, but compiling software from source frequently fails and is a time-consuming process.
* Package versions often lag behind the latest releases.
* The FreeBSD development team is small in comparison to more popular GNU/Linux projects, which inevitably slows down its progress—and this is becoming noticeable.
* Getting help can be challenging and might deter users, especially those who expect quick support.

Overall, it feels like FreeBSD has run its course and is now mostly a platform for enthusiasts. If you have plenty of spare time and aren’t concerned with having the latest features, it may still serve a niche purpose. However, you’ll likely start feeling the lack of features that aren’t being developed any time soon.




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