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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 |                    |      |                      |                  |
487FreeBSD 16 -current   |  NetBSD -current    OpenBSD -current   DragonFly -current
488 |                    |      |                      |                  |
489 v                    v      v                      v                  v
490
491Time
492----------------
493
494Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it was
495the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
496
497[44B]  McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
498	Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System.
499[APL]  Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
500[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
501[DFB]  DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
502[DOC]  README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
503[FBD]  FreeBSD Project, The.
504[KB]   Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, Volume 11,
505	Info 4, April, 1987.
506[KKK]  Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
507	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
508[KSJ]  Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. Changes in the
509	Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX Version 2.9,
510	July, 1983.
511[NBD]  NetBSD Project, The.
512[OBD]  OpenBSD Project, The.
513[QCU]  Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. ISBN 0201547775, EAN
514	9780201547771
515[SMS]  Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
516[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
517[USE]  Usenet announcement.
518[WRS]  Wind River Systems, Inc.
519[dmr]  Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
520
521Multics                 1965
522UNIX                    Summer 1969
523				DEC PDP-7
524First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
525				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
526Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
527				10 UNIX installations
528Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
529				Pipes, 16 installations
530Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
531				rewriting in C effected,
532                                above 30 installations
533Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
534				above 50 installations
535Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
536				port to DEC Vax
537Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
538				first portable UNIX
539Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
540				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
541				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
542				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
543			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
544			and networking part by the streams mechanism
545
546Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
547Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
548
5491BSD                    late 1977
550			1978-01-16 [DOC]
551			1978-03-09 [QCU]
552				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
553				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
554				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
5552BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
556				75 2BSD tapes shipped
5572.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
5582.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
559				First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
560				community fixes.
5612.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
562				set of performance improvements
5632.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
5642.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
5652.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
5662.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
5672.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
5682.11BSD			1991-03-14 [SMS]
5692.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
570
57132V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
5723BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
573				virtual memory, page replacement,
574                        	demand paging
5754.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5764.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5774.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
578				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5794.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5804.1cBSD                 late 1982
581				beta release, IPC [44B]
5824.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
583                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5844.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
585			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5864.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5874.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
588                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5894.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5904.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
591
592BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
593				first code released to people outside BSDI
594386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
595BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
596BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
597386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5984.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
599BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
600				first external gamma; G customers
601BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
602				would have been 1.0 except for request
603				for preliminary injunction
604BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
605				injunction denied; first official release
606NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
6074.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
608NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
609FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
610FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
611				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
612BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
6134.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
614FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
615FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
616FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
617				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
618NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
619386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
620FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
621BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
622FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
623BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
6244.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
625				the true final distribution from the CSRG
626FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
627NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
628BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
629FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
630NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
631OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
632FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
633FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
634Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
635FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
636BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
637FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
638FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
639FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
640NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
641OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
642FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
643OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
644NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
645FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
646NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
647BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
648OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
649NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
650FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
651BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
652				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
653FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
654				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
655				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
656				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
657FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
658OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
659NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
660FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
661BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
662NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
663FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
664OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
665NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
666FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
667OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
668FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
669BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
670FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
671NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
672OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
673FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
674FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
675FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
676FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
677FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
678NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
679BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
680OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
681NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
682Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
683FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
684OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
685NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
686NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
687FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
688Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
689OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
690FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
691BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
692OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
693FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
694NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
695FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
696Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
697NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
698FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
699OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
700FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
701				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
702				-current, similar to 3.0.
703FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
704NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
705OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
706BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
707FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
708Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
709FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
710BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
711OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
712FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
713FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
714NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
715OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
716FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
717DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
718OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
719FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
720NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
721FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
722DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
723NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
724Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
725FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
726OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
727NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
728OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
729FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
730NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
731NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
732DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
733FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
734OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
735FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
736FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
737NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
738DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
739OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
740NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
741NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
742FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
743DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
744OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
745DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
746Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
747OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
748NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
749FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
750DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
751FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
752OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
753DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
754OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
755FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
756FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
757DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
758NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
759OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
760FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
761Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
762NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
763DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
764OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
765FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
766NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
767FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
768DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
769OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
770FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
771DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
772OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
773NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
774FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
775FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
776DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
777OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
778Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
779OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
780FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
781NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
782DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
783FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
784OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
785Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
786NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
787OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
788DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
789NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
790NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
791FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
792DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
793OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
794NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
795NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
796FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
797NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
798NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
799NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
800FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
801NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
802NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
803Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
804OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
805DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
806FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
807NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
808NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
809NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
810NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
811DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
812DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
813NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
814NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
815OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
816DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
817DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
818DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
819FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
820DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
821NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
822NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
823Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
824OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
825FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
826DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
827DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
828DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
829DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
830DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
831OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
832DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
833FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
834NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
835OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
836OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
837DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
838OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
839FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
840NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
841DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
842OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
843macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
844FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
845NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
846NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
847DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
848OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
849FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
850macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
851FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
852OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
853DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
854DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
855DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
856NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
857NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
858OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
859DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
860DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
861DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
862FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
863NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
864NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
865macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
866OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
867DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
868FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
869DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
870OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
871NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
872DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
873DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
874FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
875DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
876OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
877macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
878macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
879FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
880NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
881DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
882DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
883NetBSD 8.2 		2020-03-31 [NBD]
884DragonFly 5.8.1 	2020-05-06 [DFB]
885OpenBSD 6.7		2020-05-19 [OBD]
886FreeBSD 11.4		2020-06-16 [FBD]
887DragonFly 5.8.2 	2020-09-23 [DFB]
888DragonFly 5.8.3 	2020-09-24 [DFB]
889OpenBSD 6.8		2020-10-18 [OBD]
890NetBSD 9.1 		2020-10-18 [NBD]
891FreeBSD 12.2		2020-10-27 [FBD]
892macOS 11		2020-11-12 [APL]
893FreeBSD 13.0		2021-04-13 [FBD]
894OpenBSD 6.9		2021-05-01 [OBD]
895DragonFly 6.0		2021-05-08 [DFB]
896NetBSD 9.2		2021-05-12 [NBD]
897DragonFly 6.0.1		2021-10-12 [DFB]
898OpenBSD 7.0		2021-10-14 [OBD]
899macOS 12		2021-10-25 [APL]
900FreeBSD 12.3		2021-12-01 [FBD]
901DragonFly 6.2.1		2022-01-09 [DFB]
902OpenBSD 7.1		2022-04-21 [OBD]
903FreeBSD 13.1		2022-05-17 [FBD]
904DragonFly 6.2.2		2022-06-09 [DFB]
905NetBSD 9.3		2022-08-04 [NBD]
906OpenBSD 7.2		2022-10-20 [OBD]
907macOS 13		2022-10-24 [APL]
908FreeBSD 12.4		2022-12-05 [FBD]
909DragonFly 6.4		2022-12-30 [DFB]
910OpenBSD 7.3		2023-04-10 [OBD]
911FreeBSD 13.2		2023-04-11 [FBD]
912macOS 14		2023-09-26 [APL]
913OpenBSD 7.4		2023-10-16 [OBD]
914FreeBSD 14.0		2023-11-20 [FBD]
915FreeBSD 13.3		2024-03-05 [FBD]
916NetBSD 10.0		2024-03-28 [NBD]
917OpenBSD 7.5		2024-04-05 [OBD]
918NetBSD 9.4		2024-04-20 [NBD]
919NetBSD 8.3		2024-05-04 [NBD]
920FreeBSD 14.1		2024-06-04 [FBD]
921macOS 15		2024-09-16 [APL]
922FreeBSD 13.4		2024-09-17 [FBD]
923OpenBSD 7.6		2024-10-08 [OBD]
924FreeBSD 14.2		2024-12-03 [FBD]
925NetBSD 10.1		2024-12-16 [NBD]
926FreeBSD 13.5		2025-03-11 [FBD]
927OpenBSD 7.7		2025-04-28 [OBD]
928DragonFly 6.4.1		2025-04-30 [DFB]
929DragonFly 6.4.2		2025-05-09 [DFB]
930FreeBSD 14.3		2025-06-10 [FBD]
931macOS 26		2025-09-15 [APL]
932OpenBSD 7.8		2025-10-22 [OBD]
933
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964
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967
968FreeBSD Release Information
969URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
970
971Manual pages for FreeBSD and ports
972URL: https://man.FreeBSD.org
973
974FreeBSD Documentation Archive
975URL: https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/doc/
976
977UNIX history graphing project
978URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
979
980UNIX history
981URL: https://www.levenez.com/unix/
982
983James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
984URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
985("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
986
987
988End-of-Life (EOL)
989-----------------
990The FreeBSD family tree shows when a release was published.
991If you would like to know when the support ends, just look at
992https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup and
993https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported
994For other operating systems, see https://endoflife.date
995
996
997Acknowledgments
998---------------
999
1000Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
1001original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
1002
1003Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
1004
1005--
1006Copyright (c) 1997-2025 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
1007URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
1008