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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)----|----------------------*
19            \           |                      |
20             \        1BSD                     |
21             32V        |                      |
22               \      2BSD---------------*     |
23                \    /                   |     |
24                 \  /                    |     |
25                  \/                     |     |
26                 3BSD                    |     |
27                  |                      |     |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD   |
29                  |                      |     |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD <-*
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'     *--NetBSD 0.9          |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /     /     |     \       |
70   |                    |         /     |      |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'      |      |       \     |
72   |               /    |               |      |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |               |      |         \   |
74   |             /      *--NetBSD 1.0 <-'      |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |     *--NetBSD 1.1 ---.            BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |                 \             |
88 |     |             | |     *--NetBSD 1.2      \          BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \            OpenBSD 2.0     |
90 |     |             | |     |   \               |           |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \              |           |
92 |     |             | |     |     \             |           |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |            |           |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1     |           |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                   |           |
96 |                   | |     |                   |           |
97 |                   | |     |                   |           |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                   |           |
99 |        \          | |     |                   |           |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                   |           |
101 |         |         | |     |                   |           |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |               OpenBSD 2.1     |
103 |         |         | |     |                   |           |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                   |           |
105 |         |         | |     |               OpenBSD 2.2     |
106 |         |         | |     *--NetBSD 1.3       |           |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |              |           |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1      |         BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |          OpenBSD 2.3     |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2      |           |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |              |           |
112 |         |         | |     |    |              |         BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |              |           |
114 |         |         | |     |    |              |           |
115 |         v         | |     |    |          OpenBSD 2.4     |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |              |           |
117 |                   | |     |    |              |           |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v              |           |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3      |           |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                   |           |
121 |       |             |     |                   |         BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  .--*--NetBSD 1.4   OpenBSD 2.5     |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |              |           |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |              |           |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |              |           |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1      |           |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |          OpenBSD 2.6     |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |              |           |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |              |         BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2      |           |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |              |           |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |              |           |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |          OpenBSD 2.7     |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |              |           |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |              |           |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |              |           |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |              |           |
138 |      |           |  |  |  |    |              |           |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |              |           |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |              |           |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3      |           |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |               OpenBSD 2.8   BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                   |           |
144 |      |             |      |                   |           |
145 |      |           10.0     *--NetBSD 1.5       |           |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |              |           |
147 |      |             |      |    |          OpenBSD 2.9     |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1      |           |
149 |      |             |      |    |              |           |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2      |           |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |              |           |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |          OpenBSD 3.0     |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |              |           |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |              |         BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |          OpenBSD 3.1     |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3      |           |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                   |           |
158 |      |            10.2    |                   |           |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                   |           |
160 |      |             |      *--NetBSD 1.6   OpenBSD 3.2     |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |              |           |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1      |           |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |          OpenBSD 3.3   BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |              |           |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |          OpenBSD 3.4   BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |              |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2      |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |              |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |          OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v              |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                   |
172 |      |          |  |      |                   |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                   |
174 |                 |  |      |                   |
175 |                  `-|------|-------------------|-------------------.
176 |                    |      |                   |                    \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                   |                     |
178 |                    |      |                   |                     |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                   |             DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                   |                     |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                   |                     |
182 |                   10.3    |                   |                     |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                   |                     |
184 |      |             |      |                   |                     |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                   |                     |
186 |                    |      |                   |                     |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                   |                     |
188 |           |        |      |               OpenBSD 3.6               |
189 |           |        |      *--NetBSD 2.0       |                     |
190 |           |        |      | |  |              |             DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2    |                     |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |              |                     |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |              |                     |
194 |           |        |      | |  |          OpenBSD 3.7               |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3    |                     |
196 |           |        |      | |  |              |                     |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v          OpenBSD 3.8               |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |                 |                     |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \                |                     |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1        |                     |
201 |     |     |        |      |                   |                     |
202 |     |     |        |      *--NetBSD 3.0       |                     |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |              |             DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |          OpenBSD 3.9               |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |              |                     |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |              |                     |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |              |                     |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1    |             DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |              |                     |
210 |     |              |      | |  |          OpenBSD 4.0               |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2    |                     |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1        |                     |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                   |                     |
214 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |               OpenBSD 4.1               |
216 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                   |                     |
218 |     |             10.5    |                   |                     |
219 |     |              |      |               OpenBSD 4.2               |
220 |     |              |      *--NetBSD 4.0       |                     |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |              |                     |
222 |            \       |      |    |              |                     |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |              |             DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |              |                     |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |          OpenBSD 4.3               |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD            |             DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1        OpenBSD 4.4               |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                   |                     |
229 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                   |                     |
231 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |      *--NetBSD       OpenBSD 4.5               |
233 |             \      |      |   5.0             |                     |
234 |             \      |      |  / | \            |                     |
235 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \           |                     |
236 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \          |                     |
237 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD       |             DragonFly 2.4.0
238 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1   OpenBSD 4.6               |
239 |              |     |      |  | |    |         |                     |
240 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |         |                     |
241 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |         |                     |
242 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD       |                     |
243 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2       |             DragonFly 2.6.0
244 |     |        |     |      |  | |          OpenBSD 4.7               |
245 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |              |                     |
246 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |              |                     |
247 |     |        |     |      |  | |              |             DragonFly 2.8.2
248 |     |        |     |      |  | |          OpenBSD 4.8               |
249 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD      |                     |
250 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1         |                     |
251 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |          |             DragonFly 2.10.1
252 |     |              |      |  |     |      OpenBSD 4.9               |
253 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |          |                     |
254 |            \      10.7    |  |     |          |                     |
255 |             |      |      |  |     |      OpenBSD 5.0               |
256 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |          |                     |
257 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD        |             DragonFly 3.0.1
258 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2        |                     |
259 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |          |                     |
260 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD        |                     |
261 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3        |                     |
262 |     |       |      |      |  |     |          |                     |
263 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD        |                     |
264 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4        |                     |
265 |     |       |      |      |  |            OpenBSD 5.1               |
266 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.       |                     |
267 |     |       |     10.8    |           |       |                     |
268 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |       |                     |
269 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |       |                     |
270 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |   OpenBSD 5.2       DragonFly 3.2.1
271 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD     |                     |
272 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2      |                     |
273 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |       |                     |
274 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD     |                     |
275 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1     |                     |
276 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |       |                     |
277 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD     |                     |
278 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2     |                     |
279 |     |       |      |      |    | |            |                     |
280 |     |       |      |      |    |  \           |                     |
281 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
282 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1     |                     |
283 |     |       |      |      |    |      |   OpenBSD 5.3       DragonFly 3.4.1
284 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
285 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2     |                     |
286 |     |       |      |      |    |      |       |                     |
287 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
288 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3     |                     |
289 |     |       |      |      |    |      |       |                     |
290 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
291 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4     |                     |
292 |     |       |      |      |    |      |       |                     |
293 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
294 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5     |                     |
295 |     |       |      |      |    |      |       |                     |
296 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD     |                     |
297 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6     |                     |
298 |     |       |      |      |    |              |                     |
299 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD      |                     |
300 |     |       |      |      |         6.1       |                     |
301 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |        |                     |
302 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD      |                     |
303 |     |              |      |        6.1.1      |                     |
304 |     |              |      |          |        |                     |
305 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD      |                     |
306 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2      |                     |
307 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |        |                     |
308 |     |             10.9    |          |    OpenBSD 5.4               |
309 |     `-----.        |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.6.0
310 |            \       |      |          |        |                     |
311 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD      |                     |
312 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3      |                     |
313 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
314 |     |       |      |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.6.1
315 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
316 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
317 |     |       |      |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.6.2
318 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD      |                     |
319 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4      |                     |
320 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
321 |     |       |      |      |          |    OpenBSD 5.5               |
322 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
323 |     |       |      |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.8.0
324 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
325 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
326 |     |       |      |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.8.1
327 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
328 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
329 |     |       |      |      |          |        |             DragonFly 3.6.3
330 |     |       |      |      |          |        |                     |
331 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |        |                     |
332 |     |      9.3     |      |          |        |                     |
333 |     |              |      |       NetBSD      |             DragonFly 3.8.2
334 |     |              |      |        6.1.5      |                     |
335 |     |           Mac OS X  |                   |                     |
336 |     |             10.10   |                   |                     |
337 |     |              |      |               OpenBSD 5.6               |
338 |  FreeBSD           |      |                   |                     |
339 |   10.1             |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.0.1
340 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
341 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.0.2
342 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
343 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.0.3
344 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
345 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.0.4
346 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
347 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.0.5
348 |     |              |      |                   |                     |
349 |     |              |      |               OpenBSD 5.7               |
350 |     |              |      |                   |             DragonFly 4.2.0
351 |  FreeBSD           |      |                   |                     |
352 |   10.2             |      |                   |                     |
353 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0       |                     |
354 |     |            10.11    |   | |         OpenBSD 5.8               |
355 |     |              |      |   | `--.          |             DragonFly 4.4.1
356 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |      OpenBSD 5.9               |
357 |   10.3             |      |   |    |          |                     |
358 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD        |                     |
359 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1        |                     |
360 |     `------.       |      |   |    |          |             DragonFly 4.6.0
361 |            |       |      |   |    |          |                     |
362 |            |       |      |   |    |          |                     |
363 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |      OpenBSD 6.0               |
364 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD        |                     |
365 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2        |                     |
366 |     |      |       |      |   |               |                     |
367 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD       |                     |
368 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1         |                     |
369 |     |      |       |      |   |    |          |                     |
370 |     |      |       |      |   |    |          |                     |
371 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |          |             DragonFly 4.8.0
372 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |      OpenBSD 6.1               |
373 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |          |             DragonFly 5.0.0
374 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |          |                     |
375 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |      OpenBSD 6.2       DragonFly 5.0.1
376 |     |              |      |   |    |          |                     |
377 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD        |             DragonFly 5.0.2
378 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1        |                     |
379 |            |       |      |   |    |          |                     |
380 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD        |                     |
381 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2        `--.                  |
382 |            |       |      |   |                  |                  |
383 |            |       |      |   `-----.        OpenBSD 6.3            |
384 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |            |          DragonFly 5.2.0
385 |            |       |      |   8.0   |            |                  |
386 |            |       |      |   |     |            |          DragonFly 5.2.1
387 |            |       |      |   |     |            |                  |
388 |            |       |      |   |     |            |          DragonFly 5.2.2
389 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD    |                  |
390 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2      |                  |
391 |            |     macOS    |   |                  |                  |
392 |            |     10.14    |   |              OpenBSD 6.4            |
393 |            |       |      |   |                  |                  |
394 |            |       |      |   |                  |          DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |   |                  |                  |
396 |   12.0     |       |      |   |                  |          DragonFly 5.4.1
397 |     |      |       |      |   |              OpenBSD 6.5            |
398 |     |      |       |      |   |                  |                  |
399 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD              |                  |
400 |     |      |       |      |   8.1                |          DragonFly 5.6
401 |     |      |       |      |   |                  |                  |
402 |     |      |       |      |   |                  |          DragonFly 5.6.1
403 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |   |                  |                  |
404 |     |     11.3   10.15    |   |                  |                  |
405 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |              OpenBSD 6.6            |
406 |   12.1     |     macOS    |   `-------.          |                  |
407 |     |      |    10.15.1   |           |          |          DragonFly 5.6.2
408 |     |      |       |      *--NetBSD   |          |                  |
409 |     |      |       |      |   9.0     |          |                  |
410 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
411 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 5.8
412 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
413 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 5.6.3
414 |     |      |       |      |    |    NetBSD       |                  |
415 |     |      |       |      |    |     8.2         |                  |
416 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 5.8.1
417 |     |      |       |      |    |      |      OpenBSD 6.7            |
418 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |    |      |          |                  |
419 |     |     11.4     |      |    |      |          |                  |
420 |     |              |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 5.8.2
421 |     |              |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 5.8.3
422 |     |              |      |  NetBSD   |      OpenBSD 6.8            |
423 |  FreeBSD         macOS    |   9.1     |          |                  |
424 |   12.2            11      |    |      |          |                  |
425 |     |              |      |    |      |          |                  |
426 |     `------.       |      |    |      |          |                  |
427 |            |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
428 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
429 |   13.0     |       |      |  NetBSD   |      OpenBSD 6.9    DragonFly 6.0.0
430 |     |      |       |      |   9.2     |          |                  |
431 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 6.0.1
432 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
433 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |    |      |      OpenBSD 7.0            |
434 |     |     12.3    12      |    |      |          |                  |
435 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 6.2.1
436 |     |      |       |      |    |      |      OpenBSD 7.1            |
437 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
438 |   13.1     |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
439 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 6.2.2
440 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD   |          |                  |
441 |     |      |     macOS    |   9.3     |      OpenBSD 7.2            |
442 |     |      |      13      |    |      |          |                  |
443 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |    |      |          |                  |
444 |     |     12.4     |      |    |      |          |                  |
445 |     |              |      |    |      |          |          DragonFly 6.4.0
446 |     |              |      |    |      |      OpenBSD 7.3            |
447 |  FreeBSD           |      |    |      |          |                  |
448 |   13.2             |      |    |      |          |                  |
449 |     |              |      |    |      |          |                  |
450 |     `------.       |      |    |      |          |                  |
451 |            |     macOS    |    |      |          |                  |
452 |            |      14      |    |      |          |                  |
453 |            |       |      |    |      |      OpenBSD 7.4            |
454 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
455 |   14.0     |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
456 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
457 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |  NetBSD   |          |                  |
458 |     |     13.3     |      |   9.4     |          |                  |
459 |     |      |       |      |           |          |                  |
460 |     |      |       |      *--NetBSD   |          |                  |
461 |     |      |       |      |   10.0    |          |                  |
462 |     |      |       |      |    |      |          |                  |
463 |     |      |       |      |    |      |      OpenBSD 7.5            |
464 |     |      |       |      |    |    NetBSD       |                  |
465 |     |      |       |      |    |     8.3         |                  |
466 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |    |                 |                  |
467 |   14.1     |       |      |    |                 |                  |
468 |     |      |     macOS    |    |                 |                  |
469 |     |      |      15      |    |                 |                  |
470 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |    |                 |                  |
471 |     |     13.4     |      |    |             OpenBSD 7.6            |
472 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |    |                 |                  |
473 |   14.2     |       |      |    |                 |                  |
474 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD              |                  |
475 |     |      |       |      |   10.1               |                  |
476 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |                      |                  |
477 |     |     13.5     |      |                      |                  |
478 |     |              |      |                  OpenBSD 7.7            |
479 |     |              |      |                      |          DragonFly 6.4.1
480 |     |              |      |                      |          DragonFly 6.4.2
481 |  FreeBSD           |      |                      |                  |
482 |   14.3             |      |                      |                  |
483 |     |            macOS    |                      |                  |
484 |     `------.      26      |                      |                  |
485 |            |       |      |                  OpenBSD 7.8            |
486 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |                      |                  |
487 |   15.0     |       |      |                      |                  |
488 |         FreeBSD    |      |                      |                  |
489 |           14.4     |      |                      |                  |
490 |                    |      |                      |                  |
491FreeBSD 16 -current   |  NetBSD -current    OpenBSD -current   DragonFly -current
492 |                    |      |                      |                  |
493 v                    v      v                      v                  v
494
495Time
496----------------
497
498Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it was
499the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
500
501[44B]  McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
502	Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System.
503[APL]  Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
504[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
505[DFB]  DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
506[DOC]  README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
507[FBD]  FreeBSD Project, The.
508[KB]   Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, Volume 11,
509	Info 4, April, 1987.
510[KKK]  Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
511	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
512[KSJ]  Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. Changes in the
513	Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX Version 2.9,
514	July, 1983.
515[NBD]  NetBSD Project, The.
516[OBD]  OpenBSD Project, The.
517[QCU]  Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. ISBN 0201547775, EAN
518	9780201547771
519[SMS]  Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
520[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
521[USE]  Usenet announcement.
522[WRS]  Wind River Systems, Inc.
523[dmr]  Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
524
525Multics                 1965
526UNIX                    Summer 1969
527				DEC PDP-7
528First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
529				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
530Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
531				10 UNIX installations
532Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
533				Pipes, 16 installations
534Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
535				rewriting in C effected,
536                                above 30 installations
537Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
538				above 50 installations
539Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
540				port to DEC Vax
541Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
542				first portable UNIX
543Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
544				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
545				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
546				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
547			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
548			and networking part by the streams mechanism
549
550Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
551Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
552
5531BSD                    late 1977
554			1978-01-16 [DOC]
555			1978-03-09 [QCU]
556				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
557				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
558				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
5592BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
560				75 2BSD tapes shipped
5612.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
5622.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
563				First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
564				community fixes.
5652.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
566				set of performance improvements
5672.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
5682.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
5692.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
5702.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
5712.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
5722.11BSD			1991-03-14 [SMS]
5732.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
574
57532V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
5763BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
577				virtual memory, page replacement,
578                        	demand paging
5794.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5804.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5814.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
582				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5834.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5844.1cBSD                 late 1982
585				beta release, IPC [44B]
5864.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
587                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5884.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
589			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5904.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5914.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
592                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5934.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5944.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
595
596BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
597				first code released to people outside BSDI
598386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
599BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
600BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
601386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
6024.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
603BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
604				first external gamma; G customers
605BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
606				would have been 1.0 except for request
607				for preliminary injunction
608BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
609				injunction denied; first official release
610NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
6114.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
612NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
613FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
614FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
615				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
616BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
6174.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
618FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
619FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
620FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
621				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
622NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
623386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
624FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
625BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
626FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
627BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
6284.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
629				the true final distribution from the CSRG
630FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
631NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
632BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
633FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
634NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
635OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
636FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
637FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
638Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
639FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
640BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
641FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
642FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
643FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
644NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
645OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
646FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
647OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
648NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
649FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
650NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
651BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
652OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
653NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
654FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
655BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
656				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
657FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
658				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
659				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
660				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
661FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
662OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
663NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
664FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
665BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
666NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
667FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
668OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
669NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
670FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
671OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
672FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
673BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
674FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
675NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
676OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
677FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
678FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
679FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
680FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
681FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
682NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
683BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
684OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
685NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
686Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
687FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
688OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
689NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
690NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
691FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
692Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
693OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
694FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
695BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
696OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
697FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
698NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
699FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
700Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
701NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
702FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
703OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
704FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
705				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
706				-current, similar to 3.0.
707FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
708NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
709OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
710BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
711FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
712Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
713FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
714BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
715OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
716FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
717FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
718NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
719OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
720FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
721DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
722OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
723FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
724NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
725FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
726DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
727NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
728Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
729FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
730OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
731NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
732OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
733FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
734NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
735NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
736DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
737FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
738OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
739FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
740FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
741NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
742DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
743OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
744NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
745NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
746FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
747DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
748OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
749DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
750Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
751OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
752NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
753FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
754DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
755FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
756OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
757DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
758OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
759FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
760FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
761DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
762NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
763OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
764FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
765Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
766NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
767DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
768OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
769FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
770NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
771FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
772DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
773OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
774FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
775DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
776OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
777NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
778FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
779FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
780DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
781OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
782Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
783OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
784FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
785NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
786DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
787FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
788OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
789Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
790NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
791OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
792DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
793NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
794NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
795FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
796DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
797OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
798NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
799NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
800FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
801NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
802NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
803NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
804FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
805NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
806NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
807Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
808OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
809DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
810FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
811NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
812NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
813NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
814NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
815DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
816DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
817NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
818NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
819OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
820DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
821DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
822DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
823FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
824DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
825NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
826NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
827Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
828OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
829FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
830DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
831DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
832DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
833DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
834DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
835OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
836DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
837FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
838NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
839OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
840OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
841DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
842OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
843FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
844NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
845DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
846OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
847macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
848FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
849NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
850NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
851DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
852OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
853FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
854macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
855FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
856OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
857DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
858DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
859DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
860NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
861NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
862OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
863DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
864DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
865DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
866FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
867NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
868NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
869macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
870OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
871DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
872FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
873DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
874OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
875NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
876DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
877DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
878FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
879DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
880OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
881macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
882macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
883FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
884NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
885DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
886DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
887NetBSD 8.2 		2020-03-31 [NBD]
888DragonFly 5.8.1 	2020-05-06 [DFB]
889OpenBSD 6.7		2020-05-19 [OBD]
890FreeBSD 11.4		2020-06-16 [FBD]
891DragonFly 5.8.2 	2020-09-23 [DFB]
892DragonFly 5.8.3 	2020-09-24 [DFB]
893OpenBSD 6.8		2020-10-18 [OBD]
894NetBSD 9.1 		2020-10-18 [NBD]
895FreeBSD 12.2		2020-10-27 [FBD]
896macOS 11		2020-11-12 [APL]
897FreeBSD 13.0		2021-04-13 [FBD]
898OpenBSD 6.9		2021-05-01 [OBD]
899DragonFly 6.0		2021-05-08 [DFB]
900NetBSD 9.2		2021-05-12 [NBD]
901DragonFly 6.0.1		2021-10-12 [DFB]
902OpenBSD 7.0		2021-10-14 [OBD]
903macOS 12		2021-10-25 [APL]
904FreeBSD 12.3		2021-12-01 [FBD]
905DragonFly 6.2.1		2022-01-09 [DFB]
906OpenBSD 7.1		2022-04-21 [OBD]
907FreeBSD 13.1		2022-05-17 [FBD]
908DragonFly 6.2.2		2022-06-09 [DFB]
909NetBSD 9.3		2022-08-04 [NBD]
910OpenBSD 7.2		2022-10-20 [OBD]
911macOS 13		2022-10-24 [APL]
912FreeBSD 12.4		2022-12-05 [FBD]
913DragonFly 6.4		2022-12-30 [DFB]
914OpenBSD 7.3		2023-04-10 [OBD]
915FreeBSD 13.2		2023-04-11 [FBD]
916macOS 14		2023-09-26 [APL]
917OpenBSD 7.4		2023-10-16 [OBD]
918FreeBSD 14.0		2023-11-20 [FBD]
919FreeBSD 13.3		2024-03-05 [FBD]
920NetBSD 10.0		2024-03-28 [NBD]
921OpenBSD 7.5		2024-04-05 [OBD]
922NetBSD 9.4		2024-04-20 [NBD]
923NetBSD 8.3		2024-05-04 [NBD]
924FreeBSD 14.1		2024-06-04 [FBD]
925macOS 15		2024-09-16 [APL]
926FreeBSD 13.4		2024-09-17 [FBD]
927OpenBSD 7.6		2024-10-08 [OBD]
928FreeBSD 14.2		2024-12-03 [FBD]
929NetBSD 10.1		2024-12-16 [NBD]
930FreeBSD 13.5		2025-03-11 [FBD]
931OpenBSD 7.7		2025-04-28 [OBD]
932DragonFly 6.4.1		2025-04-30 [DFB]
933DragonFly 6.4.2		2025-05-09 [DFB]
934FreeBSD 14.3		2025-06-10 [FBD]
935macOS 26		2025-09-15 [APL]
936OpenBSD 7.8		2025-10-22 [OBD]
937FreeBSD 15.0		2025-12-02 [FBD]
938FreeBSD 14.4		2026-03-10 [FBD]
939
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970
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973
974FreeBSD Release Information
975URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
976
977Manual pages for FreeBSD and ports
978URL: https://man.FreeBSD.org
979
980FreeBSD Documentation Archive
981URL: https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/doc/
982
983UNIX history graphing project
984URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
985
986UNIX history
987URL: https://www.levenez.com/unix/
988
989James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
990URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
991("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
992
993
994End-of-Life (EOL)
995-----------------
996The FreeBSD family tree shows when a release was published.
997If you would like to know when the support ends, just look at
998https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup and
999https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported
1000For other operating systems, see https://endoflife.date
1001
1002
1003Acknowledgments
1004---------------
1005
1006Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
1007original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
1008
1009Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
1010
1011--
1012Copyright (c) 1997-2025 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
1013URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
1014