Release Information
FreeBSD releases are classified into Production Releases and Legacy Releases. For most users, production releases will be most suitable. Legacy releases are provided for existing users wishing to stay with a more conservative upgrade strategy.
Currently Supported
For information about branches, release dates, and estimated end-of-life (EOL) dates, please see the Supported Releases section of FreeBSD Security Information.
Most Recent
Production Releases
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Release 14.3 (June 10, 2025) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
Legacy
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Release 13.5 (March 11, 2025) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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Release 14.2 (December 3, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
Future
For schedules, and for more information about the release engineering process, please see Release Engineering.
The latest snapshots from our FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT branches are also available. See Getting FreeBSD.
Prior Releases – EOL
For historical information about branches, release dates, types, and EOL dates, see Unsupported Releases.
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14.1 (June 4, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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14.0 (November 20, 2023) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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13.4 (September 17, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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13.3 (March 5, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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13.2 (April 11, 2023) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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13.1 (May 16, 2022) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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13.0 (April 13, 2021) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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12.4 (December 5, 2022) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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12.3 (December 7, 2021) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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12.2 (October 27, 2020) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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12.1 (November 4, 2019) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
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12.0 (December 11, 2018) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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11.4 (June 23, 2020) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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11.3 (July 9, 2019) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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11.2 (June 28, 2018) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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11.1 (July 26, 2017) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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11.0 (October 10, 2016) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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10.4 (October 3, 2017) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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10.3 (April 4, 2016) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
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10.2 (August 13, 2015) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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10.1 (November 14, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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10.0 (January 20, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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9.3 (July 16, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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9.2 (September 30, 2013) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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9.1 (December 30, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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9.0 (January 12, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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8.4 (June 7, 2013) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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8.3 (April 18, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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8.2 (February 24, 2011) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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8.1 (July 23, 2010) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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8.0 (November 25, 2009) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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7.4 (February 24, 2011) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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7.3 (March 23, 2010) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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7.2 (May 4, 2009) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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7.1 (January 4, 2009) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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7.0 (February 27, 2008) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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6.4 (November 28, 2008) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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6.3 (January 18, 2008) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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6.2 (January 15, 2007) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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6.1 (May 8, 2006) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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6.0 (November 4, 2005) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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5.5 (May 25, 2006) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata:
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5.4 (May 9, 2005) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Migration Guide
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5.3 (November 6, 2004) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Migration Guide
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5.2.1 (February 25, 2004) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Early Adopter’s Guide
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5.2 (January 9, 2004) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Early Adopter’s Guide
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5.1 (June 9, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Early Adopter’s Guide
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5.0 (January 14, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata: Early Adopter’s Guide
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4.11 (January 25, 2005) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.10 (May 27, 2004) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.9 (October 28, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.8 (April 3, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.7 (October 10, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.6.2 (August 15, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
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4.6 (June 15, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Installation Notes: Errata
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4.5 (January 29, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
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4.4 (September 20, 2001) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
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4.3 (April 20, 2001) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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4.2 (November 21, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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4.1.1 (September 27, 2000) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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4.1 (July 27, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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4.0 (March 14, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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3.5 (June, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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3.4 (December, 1999) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
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3.3 (September, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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3.2 (May, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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3.1 (February, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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3.0 (October, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.8 (December, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.7 (July, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.6 (March, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.5 (October, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.2 (May, 1997) Release Notes : Errata
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2.2.1 (April, 1997) Release Notes
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2.2 (March, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.1.7 (February, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.1.6 (December, 1996) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.1.5 (July, 1996) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.1 (November, 1995) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.0.5 (June, 1995) Announcement : Release Notes
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2.0 (November, 1994) Announcement : Release Notes
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1.1.5.1 (July, 1994) Announcement : What’s New
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1.1.5 Release Notes What’s New
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1.1 (May, 1994) Release Notes
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1.0 (November, 1993) Announcement
Last modified on: July 1, 2025 by Gordon Tetlow