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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 |                    |      |                      |                  |
489FreeBSD 16 -current   |  NetBSD -current    OpenBSD -current   DragonFly -current
490 |                    |      |                      |                  |
491 v                    v      v                      v                  v
492
493Time
494----------------
495
496Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it was
497the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
498
499[44B]  McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
500	Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System.
501[APL]  Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
502[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
503[DFB]  DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
504[DOC]  README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
505[FBD]  FreeBSD Project, The.
506[KB]   Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, Volume 11,
507	Info 4, April, 1987.
508[KKK]  Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
509	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
510[KSJ]  Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. Changes in the
511	Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX Version 2.9,
512	July, 1983.
513[NBD]  NetBSD Project, The.
514[OBD]  OpenBSD Project, The.
515[QCU]  Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. ISBN 0201547775, EAN
516	9780201547771
517[SMS]  Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
518[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
519[USE]  Usenet announcement.
520[WRS]  Wind River Systems, Inc.
521[dmr]  Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
522
523Multics                 1965
524UNIX                    Summer 1969
525				DEC PDP-7
526First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
527				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
528Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
529				10 UNIX installations
530Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
531				Pipes, 16 installations
532Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
533				rewriting in C effected,
534                                above 30 installations
535Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
536				above 50 installations
537Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
538				port to DEC Vax
539Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
540				first portable UNIX
541Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
542				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
543				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
544				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
545			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
546			and networking part by the streams mechanism
547
548Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
549Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
550
5511BSD                    late 1977
552			1978-01-16 [DOC]
553			1978-03-09 [QCU]
554				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
555				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
556				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
5572BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
558				75 2BSD tapes shipped
5592.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
5602.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
561				First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
562				community fixes.
5632.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
564				set of performance improvements
5652.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
5662.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
5672.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
5682.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
5692.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
5702.11BSD			1991-03-14 [SMS]
5712.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
572
57332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
5743BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
575				virtual memory, page replacement,
576                        	demand paging
5774.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5784.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5794.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
580				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5814.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5824.1cBSD                 late 1982
583				beta release, IPC [44B]
5844.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
585                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5864.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
587			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5884.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5894.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
590                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5914.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5924.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
593
594BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
595				first code released to people outside BSDI
596386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
597BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
598BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
599386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
6004.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
601BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
602				first external gamma; G customers
603BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
604				would have been 1.0 except for request
605				for preliminary injunction
606BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
607				injunction denied; first official release
608NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
6094.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
610NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
611FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
612FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
613				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
614BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
6154.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
616FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
617FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
618FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
619				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
620NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
621386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
622FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
623BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
624FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
625BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
6264.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
627				the true final distribution from the CSRG
628FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
629NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
630BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
631FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
632NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
633OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
634FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
635FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
636Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
637FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
638BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
639FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
640FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
641FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
642NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
643OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
644FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
645OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
646NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
647FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
648NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
649BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
650OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
651NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
652FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
653BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
654				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
655FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
656				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
657				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
658				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
659FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
660OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
661NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
662FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
663BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
664NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
665FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
666OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
667NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
668FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
669OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
670FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
671BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
672FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
673NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
674OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
675FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
676FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
677FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
678FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
679FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
680NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
681BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
682OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
683NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
684Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
685FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
686OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
687NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
688NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
689FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
690Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
691OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
692FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
693BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
694OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
695FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
696NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
697FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
698Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
699NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
700FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
701OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
702FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
703				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
704				-current, similar to 3.0.
705FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
706NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
707OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
708BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
709FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
710Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
711FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
712BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
713OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
714FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
715FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
716NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
717OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
718FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
719DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
720OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
721FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
722NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
723FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
724DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
725NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
726Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
727FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
728OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
729NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
730OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
731FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
732NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
733NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
734DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
735FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
736OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
737FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
738FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
739NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
740DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
741OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
742NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
743NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
744FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
745DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
746OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
747DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
748Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
749OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
750NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
751FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
752DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
753FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
754OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
755DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
756OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
757FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
758FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
759DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
760NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
761OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
762FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
763Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
764NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
765DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
766OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
767FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
768NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
769FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
770DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
771OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
772FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
773DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
774OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
775NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
776FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
777FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
778DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
779OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
780Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
781OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
782FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
783NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
784DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
785FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
786OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
787Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
788NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
789OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
790DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
791NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
792NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
793FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
794DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
795OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
796NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
797NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
798FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
799NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
800NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
801NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
802FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
803NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
804NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
805Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
806OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
807DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
808FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
809NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
810NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
811NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
812NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
813DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
814DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
815NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
816NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
817OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
818DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
819DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
820DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
821FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
822DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
823NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
824NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
825Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
826OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
827FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
828DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
829DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
830DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
831DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
832DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
833OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
834DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
835FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
836NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
837OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
838OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
839DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
840OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
841FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
842NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
843DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
844OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
845macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
846FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
847NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
848NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
849DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
850OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
851FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
852macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
853FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
854OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
855DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
856DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
857DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
858NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
859NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
860OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
861DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
862DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
863DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
864FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
865NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
866NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
867macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
868OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
869DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
870FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
871DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
872OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
873NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
874DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
875DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
876FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
877DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
878OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
879macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
880macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
881FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
882NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
883DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
884DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
885NetBSD 8.2 		2020-03-31 [NBD]
886DragonFly 5.8.1 	2020-05-06 [DFB]
887OpenBSD 6.7		2020-05-19 [OBD]
888FreeBSD 11.4		2020-06-16 [FBD]
889DragonFly 5.8.2 	2020-09-23 [DFB]
890DragonFly 5.8.3 	2020-09-24 [DFB]
891OpenBSD 6.8		2020-10-18 [OBD]
892NetBSD 9.1 		2020-10-18 [NBD]
893FreeBSD 12.2		2020-10-27 [FBD]
894macOS 11		2020-11-12 [APL]
895FreeBSD 13.0		2021-04-13 [FBD]
896OpenBSD 6.9		2021-05-01 [OBD]
897DragonFly 6.0		2021-05-08 [DFB]
898NetBSD 9.2		2021-05-12 [NBD]
899DragonFly 6.0.1		2021-10-12 [DFB]
900OpenBSD 7.0		2021-10-14 [OBD]
901macOS 12		2021-10-25 [APL]
902FreeBSD 12.3		2021-12-01 [FBD]
903DragonFly 6.2.1		2022-01-09 [DFB]
904OpenBSD 7.1		2022-04-21 [OBD]
905FreeBSD 13.1		2022-05-17 [FBD]
906DragonFly 6.2.2		2022-06-09 [DFB]
907NetBSD 9.3		2022-08-04 [NBD]
908OpenBSD 7.2		2022-10-20 [OBD]
909macOS 13		2022-10-24 [APL]
910FreeBSD 12.4		2022-12-05 [FBD]
911DragonFly 6.4		2022-12-30 [DFB]
912OpenBSD 7.3		2023-04-10 [OBD]
913FreeBSD 13.2		2023-04-11 [FBD]
914macOS 14		2023-09-26 [APL]
915OpenBSD 7.4		2023-10-16 [OBD]
916FreeBSD 14.0		2023-11-20 [FBD]
917FreeBSD 13.3		2024-03-05 [FBD]
918NetBSD 10.0		2024-03-28 [NBD]
919OpenBSD 7.5		2024-04-05 [OBD]
920NetBSD 9.4		2024-04-20 [NBD]
921NetBSD 8.3		2024-05-04 [NBD]
922FreeBSD 14.1		2024-06-04 [FBD]
923macOS 15		2024-09-16 [APL]
924FreeBSD 13.4		2024-09-17 [FBD]
925OpenBSD 7.6		2024-10-08 [OBD]
926FreeBSD 14.2		2024-12-03 [FBD]
927NetBSD 10.1		2024-12-16 [NBD]
928FreeBSD 13.5		2025-03-11 [FBD]
929OpenBSD 7.7		2025-04-28 [OBD]
930DragonFly 6.4.1		2025-04-30 [DFB]
931DragonFly 6.4.2		2025-05-09 [DFB]
932FreeBSD 14.3		2025-06-10 [FBD]
933macOS 26		2025-09-15 [APL]
934OpenBSD 7.8		2025-10-22 [OBD]
935FreeBSD 15.0		2025-12-02 [FBD]
936
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967
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970
971FreeBSD Release Information
972URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
973
974Manual pages for FreeBSD and ports
975URL: https://man.FreeBSD.org
976
977FreeBSD Documentation Archive
978URL: https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/doc/
979
980UNIX history graphing project
981URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/
982
983UNIX history
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985
986James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
987URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
988("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
989
990
991End-of-Life (EOL)
992-----------------
993The FreeBSD family tree shows when a release was published.
994If you would like to know when the support ends, just look at
995https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup and
996https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported
997For other operating systems, see https://endoflife.date
998
999
1000Acknowledgments
1001---------------
1002
1003Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
1004original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
1005
1006Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
1007
1008--
1009Copyright (c) 1997-2025 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
1010URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
1011