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List of products based on FreeBSD

There are many products based on FreeBSD. Information about these products and the version of FreeBSD they are based on is often difficult to come by, since this fact is not widely publicised.

Libre software and hardware using free software

  • BSDRP Ã¢Â€Â“ BSD Router Project: Open Source Router Distribution
  • CheriBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ ARM-and-RISC-V-embedded-focused FreeBSD adaptation; capability-enabled, Unix-like operating system which takes advantage of CHERI capability hardware features on Arm's Morello platform and CHERI-RISC-V platforms.
  • Chimera Linux Ã¢Â€Â“ Linux distribution with FreeBSD userland.
  • ClonOS Ã¢Â€Â“ FreeBSD based distro for virtual hosting platform and appliance.
  • Darwin Ã¢Â€Â“ The UNIX-based, open-source foundation of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS, includes code from FreeBSD and the Mach kernel from Carnegie Mellon
  • Debian GNU/kFreeBSD - [defunct] operating system with a FreeBSD kernel and Debian userland
  • DesktopBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ [defunct] KDE-based desktop-oriented distribution
  • DragonFlyBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ FreeBSD independent fork
  • FreeSBIE Ã¢Â€Â“ Live CD
  • GhostBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ GTK-based distribution, that defaults Xfce and MATE as GUI
  • HardenedBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD.
  • helloSystem Ã¢Â€Â“ helloSystem is a desktop system for creators with a focus on simplicity, elegance, and usability, especially for ex macOS users disappointed by Apple strategy
  • ravynOS - an OS aimed to provide the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD.
  • iXsystems
  • TrueNAS storage appliances were based on FreeBSD 10.3
  • TrueNAS CORE and Enterprise (formerly known as FreeNAS), is based on FreeBSD; however TrueNAS Scale, alternative of both TrueNAS Core/Entreprise, is based on Debian Gnu/Linux.
  • TrueOS Ã¢Â€Â“ discontinued FreeBSD distribution aimed at the server market, previously a desktop distribution, abandoned to focus on TrueNAS Core.
  • MidnightBSD Ã¢Â€Â” A GNUstep-based independent fork of FreeBSD for desktops, however installer is not graphical
  • MyBee Ã¢Â€Â“ Open source and free distribution for managing containers (FreeBSD jail) and cloud VMs (Bhyve) through a simplified API.
  • m0n0wall Ã¢Â€Â“ Embedded firewall software package
  • NAS4Free Ã¢Â€Â“ Open source storage platform
  • NomadBSD Ã¢Â€Â“ a persistent live system for USB flash drives, based on FreeBSD.
  • OPNsense Ã¢Â€Â“ Open source and free firewall, fork of pfSense and successor to m0n0wall
  • pfSense Ã¢Â€Â“ Open source and free network firewall distribution

Proprietary software and hardware using proprietary software

See also

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