Release Information

Detailed descriptions of past, present, and future releases. Look here first to determine what the latest version of FreeBSD is.

Installing FreeBSD

There are many options for installing FreeBSD, including installation from CD-ROM, DVD, floppy disk, an MS-DOS® partition, magnetic tape, anonymous FTP, and NFS. Please read through the installation guide before downloading the entire FreeBSD distribution.

Buying FreeBSD

FreeBSD can be acquired on CD-ROM or DVD from FreeBSD Mall, BSD Mall, or one of the other CD-ROM and DVD Publishers.

Download FreeBSD

Note: If you are in doubt of which platform / architecture to get, you probably need i386.

If you plan on getting FreeBSD via FTP, please check the listing of mirror sites in the handbook to see if there is a site closer to you. For more information about past, present and future releases in general, please visit the release information page.

If you're interested in a purely experimental snapshot release of FreeBSD-CURRENT (AKA &rel.head;-CURRENT), aimed at developers and bleeding-edge testers only, then please see the daily snapshot server FTP site.

Applications and Utility Software

The Ports Collection

The FreeBSD Ports Collection is a diverse collection of utility and application software that has been ported to FreeBSD.

• FreeBSD Ports Collection
• Web interface to the Ports Collection
• FreshPorts - a more advanced web interface to Ports Collection

For information about how you can contribute your favorite piece of software to the Port Collection, have a look at The Porter's Handbook and the article Contributing to FreeBSD.