FreeBSD
The Power to Serve
FreeBSD boot loader in version 13.0
DeveloperThe FreeBSD Project
Written inC, shell, assembly language
OS familyUnix-like (BSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseDecember 1993
Latest release15.11 / 16 June 2026
Repository• cgit .freebsd .org
Marketing target• Servers
• workstations
• embedded systems
• network appliances
• storage systems
Package manager• pkg
• FreeBSD Ports
Supported platforms• Tier 1: amd64, aarch64
• Tier 2: armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, riscv64
Kernel typeMonolithic with dynamically loadable modules
UserlandBSD
Default
user interface
Unix shell; optional X Window System and Wayland graphical environments
LicenseMostly BSD-2-Clause; components under other open-source licenses
Official websitewww.freebsd.org

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Footnotes

  1. Colin Percival (16 June 2026). “FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Now Available”. Retrieved 16 June 2026.