Searching FreeBSD Ports
The form above will allow you to search for ports on this site. A completed search will take you to a more complete search page.
However, if you already have the Ports Collection installed on
your machine, you may also search by changing to the
/usr/ports
directory and performing make search
name=`string. Instead of by `name
you can search by
port path (path
), port information
(info
), maintainer (maint
), port category
(cat
), build dependencies (bdeps
), run
dependencies (rdeps
), the project web site
(www
), or any of these fields (key
). Use
make quicksearch …
to only display the port name,
port directory, and one line description of the port.
Another option is to visit FreshPorts.org and either browse the site or subscribe to the lists hosted there.
Last modified on: February 4, 2023 by Danilo G. Baio