There are a number ofUnix-likeoperating systemsunder active development, descended from theBerkeley Software Distribution(BSD) series ofUNIXvariants developed (originally byBill Joy) at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Since the early 2000s[update],there are four major BSD operating systems–FreeBSD,NetBSD,OpenBSDandDragonFly BSD,and an increasing number of other OSsforkedfrom these, that add or remove certain features; however, most of them remain largely compatible with their originating OS—and so are not really forks of them. This is a list of those that have been active since 2014, and theirwebsites.
FreeBSD-based
editFreeBSDis a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). FreeBSD currently has more than 200 active developers and thousands of contributors. Other notable derivatives includeDragonFly BSD,which was forked from FreeBSD 4.8, andApple Inc.'smacOS,with itsDarwinbase including a large amount of code derived from FreeBSD.
Active
edit| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ClonOS[1] | Offers a complete web UI for easily controlling, deploying and managing FreeBSD jails, containers and Bhyve/Xen hypervisor virtual environments. |
| DragonFly BSD | Originallyforkedfrom FreeBSD 4.8, now developed in a different direction |
| TrueNAS | Previously known as FreeNAS. |
| GhostBSD | GhostBSD is a FreeBSD OS distro oriented for desktops and laptops. Its goal is to combine the stability and security of FreeBSD with OpenRC, OS packages and Mate graphical user interface. GhostBSD comes as livecd for users to test before installing. |
| HardenedBSD | HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. The HardenedBSD Project is implementing many exploit mitigation and security technologies on top of FreeBSD. |
| helloSystem | A desktop system for creators that focuses on simplicity, elegance, and usability. |
| Junos OS | For Juniper routers |
| MidnightBSD | Midnight BSD forked away from FreeBSD 6.1 Beta |
| XigmaNAS | Previously known as NAS4Free, is a network-attached storage (NAS) server software. It is a continuation of the originalFreeNAScode. |
| NomadBSD | Persistent live system for USB flash drives |
| OPNsense | OPNsense is a FreeBSD-based firewall tailored for use as a firewall and router that was forked from pfSense. |
| pfSense | pfSense is a FreeBSD-based firewall tailored for use as a firewall and router. |
| CellOS | The PlayStation 3 operating system |
| Orbis OS | The PlayStation 4 operating system |
| Zrouter | FreeBSD based firmware for embedded devices |
| ULBSD | ULBSD is a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. It aims to be easy to install and ready-to-use immediately by providing pre-installed graphical KDE5 user desktop environment. |
| ravynOS (formerly airyxOS) | ravynOS is a FreeBSD-based OS aimed at providing "the finesse of macOS". |
Discontinued
edit| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AskoziaPBX | Discontinued[2] |
| BSDBox | Discontinued |
| BSDeviant | Discontinued |
| BSDLive | Discontinued |
| Bzerk CD | Discontinued |
| ClosedBSD | Discontinued |
| DesktopBSD | Discontinued.[2]Was a desktop-oriented FreeBSD variant usingK Desktop Environment 3.5. |
| EclipseBSD | Discontinued |
| Evoke | Discontinued. FormerlyDamnSmallBSD;a small live FreeBSD environment geared toward developers and system administrators.[3] |
| FenestrOS BSD | Discontinued |
| FreeBSDLive | Discontinued |
| FreeBSD LiveCD | Discontinued |
| FreeSBIE | Discontinued |
| Frenzy Live CD | Discontinued. A "portable system administrator toolkit". It generally contains software for hardware tests, file system check, security check and network setup and analysis. |
| FuryBSD[4] | Discontinued in 2020. Paid homage to desktop BSD projects of the past like PC-BSD and TrueOS with its graphical interface and adds additional tools like a live, hybrid USB / DVD image. |
| Debian GNU/kFreeBSD | Discontinued[5] |
| Ging | Discontinued |
| Gentoo/FreeBSD | Discontinued. Gentoo/*BSD was a subproject to port Gentoo features such as Portage to the FreeBSD operating system. |
| GuLIC-BSD | Discontinued |
| HamFreeSBIE | Discontinued |
| HeX | Discontinued |
| IronPortAsyncOS | Discontinued. security appliances |
| miniBSD | Discontinued |
| m0n0wall | Discontinued.[6]Successor isOPNsense.m0n0wall was an embedded firewall distribution of FreeBSD, one of the BSD operating system descendants. It provided a small image which can be put on Compact Flash cards as well as on CDROMs and hard disks. It ran on a number of embedded platforms and generic PCs. |
| NetBoz | Discontinued |
| NokiaIPSO | Discontinued. Nokia IP security appliances |
| PacBSD[7] | Discontinued. A lightweight operating system that aimed to bring the flexibility and philosophy ofArch Linuxto BSD-based operating systems. The Project has been inactive since 2017. |
| Paxym | Discontinued. FreeBSD forCavium NetworksOCTEON |
| PicoBSD | Discontinued |
| RelaxBSD | Discontinued |
| RoFreeSBIE | Discontinued |
| Snarl | Discontinued |
| The Dark Star | Discontinued |
| TheWall | Discontinued |
| ThinBSD | Discontinued |
| Triance OS | Discontinued |
| TrueBSD | Discontinued |
| TrueOS | Discontinued. TrueOS (formerly PC/BSD) was a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD based on ZFS boot-environments,Lumina (desktop environment),and the sysadm administration framework; reinvented as Trident OS on top of Void Linux, retained many BSD aesthetics. |
| TrustedBSD | Discontinued. Many of its extensions were integrated into FreeBSD. Only activity on trustedbsd-discuss mailing list is spam (as of 2020-12-22). |
| WarBSD | Discontinued |
| WiBSD | Discontinued |
| WiFiBSD | Discontinued |
| XORP | Discontinued |
| BSDTahoe | BSD 4.3 Tahoe for VAX |
DragonFly BSD-based
edit| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Gentoo/DragonFlyBSD | Gentoo/*BSD subproject to port Gentoo features such as Portage to the DragonFly BSD operating system |
| FireFly BSD[8] | Was a DragonFly based distribution. |
NetBSD-based
editNetBSDis a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-derivative Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) computer operating system. It was the second open source BSD descendant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed. Noted for its portability and quality of design and implementation, it is often used in embedded systems and as a starting point for the porting of other operating systems to new computer architectures.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BlackBSD | NetBSD-based Live CD, with security tools on it and Mate as a window manager |
| EdgeBSD[9] | NetBSDforkwith main goal to be more modern in some aspects than NetBSD itself. Looks like some of the differences will be back-committed to the main project. |
| Force10 Networks FTOS | the operating system for Force10 TeraScale E-Series switches/routers |
| Debian GNU/NetBSD | Debian GNU/NetBSD was a project to combine Debian with the kernel of NetBSD. It was abandoned in 2002 and has not seen active maintenance ever since. |
| Gentoo/NetBSD | Discontinued. Gentoo/*BSD was a subproject to port Gentoo features such as Portage to the NetBSD operating system. |
| Jibbed | Live CD based on NetBSD |
| OS108 | OS108 is a desktop-oriented operating system based on NetBSD. |
| PolyBSD / pocketSAN | Multipurpose framework for building embedded systems based on NetBSD. |
| SEOS | The operating system for theEricssonSmartEdge router series |
OpenBSD-based
editOpenBSDis a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD in 1995. OpenBSD includes a number of security features absent or optional in other operating systems and has a tradition of developers auditing the source code for software bugs and security problems.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ÆrieBSD | OpenBSDforkwhich tends to be free from GPL-licensed software.[10] |
| adJ | Distribution of OpenBSD for Spanish speakers,[11]since 2005 new versions are released around 3 months after OpenBSD's releases, source in GitHub,[12]to learn how to install there is a challenge with badge on P2PU[13] |
| Anonym.OS | Discontinued. |
| Bitrig[14] | Discontinued.[15]Was an OpenBSDforkwith main goal to be more modern in some aspects than OpenBSD. |
| BowlFish | Customized OpenBSD installation script for embedded systems, intended to make OpenBSD fit into small media like compact flash cards. |
| BSDanywhere | Live CD featuring theEnlightenmentDR17 window manager |
| ComixWall | A firewall with UTM features. Discontinued 2009 in place for UTMFW[16] |
| ekkoBSD | ekkoBSD was a Unix-like operating system based on OpenBSD 3.3, also incorporating code from other BSD-like operating systems. Its focus was on security and easy administration. |
| EmBSD | |
| FabBSD | OpenBSDforkwith main application in CNC field. It is almost inactive. |
| FuguIta | Providing both LiveDVD and LiveUSB for i386/amd64/arm64. Highly customizable by user. Tracking errata on OpenBSD-stable. |
| Gentoo/OpenBSD | Gentoo/*BSD was a subproject to port Gentoo features such as Portage to the OpenBSD operating system. |
| MarBSD | LiveCD of OpenBSD |
| LibertyBSD | Fork of OpenBSD with all non-free binaries removed. |
| MicroBSD | Fork of the UNIX-like BSD operating system descendant OpenBSD 3.0, begun in July 2002. The project's objective to produce a free and fully secure, complete system, but with a small footprint. |
| MirOS BSD | Core system based mostly on OpenBSD and some NetBSD code for 32-bit i386 and SPARC, updated via infrequent snapshots and by following "current". Additional packages via MirPorts and pkgsrc are no longer updated. |
| OliveBSD[17] | Was a live CD originally based on OpenBSD 3.8 |
| PsygNAT | Firewall and NAT router tool |
| Quetzal[18] | Was a live DVD/CD system, based on OpenBSD |
| SONaFR | SONaFR is a small system with router/NAT/firewalling capabilities that fits on a single floppy. |
| UTMFW | Successor of ComixWall, a firewall with UTM features |
| LiveUSB OpenBSD | LiveUSB OpenBSD is a project started around 2009 for creating OpenBSD based bootable USB flash images. There are 3 variants, one with Gnome, a minimal text only version and an XFCE desktop image. |
| LiveCD OpenBSD | LiveCD OpenBSD is sister project of LiveUSB-OpenBSD and this gives users a Live CD/DVD bootable distribution where the user gets to experience OpenBSD without installing to disk. There are 3 flavors, one with XFCE, one with MATE desktop and one with KDE. |
Historic BSD
editBSD was originally derived from Unix, using the complete source code forSixth Edition Unixfor thePDP-11fromBell Labsas a starting point for the First Berkeley Software Distribution, or1BSD.A series of updated versions for the PDP-11 followed (the 2.xBSD releases). A32-bitversion for theVAXplatform was released as 3BSD, and the 4.xBSD series added many new features, includingTCP/IPnetworking.
For many years, the primary developer and project leader wasBill Joy,who was a graduate student at the time; funding for this project was provided byDARPA.DARPA was interested in obtaining a programming platform and programmer's interface which would provide a robust, general purpose, time-sharing computing platform which would not become obsolete every time computing hardware was or is replaced. Such an operating system would allowUS Department of Defensesoftware, especially for intricate, long-term finance and logistics operations, to be quickly ported to new hardware as it became available.
As time went on, code was later ported both from and toUnix System IIIand still laterUnix System V.Unix System V Revision 4 (SVR4), released circa 1992, contained much code which was ported from BSD version up to and including 4.3BSD.
BSD-like Systems
editThere are various operating systems, particularlyGNU/Linuxdistributions that attempt to imitate the design of BSD, but do not use the code base of any BSD Operating System.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Void Linux | Void Linux is a Linux distribution created in 2008 by Juan Romero Pardines, a former developer ofNetBSD.It uses its own independent package manager, XBPS. It also has elements inspired by NetBSD, such xbps-src, a source package management system inspired bypkgsrc,an adaption of NetBSD's wtf utility, and also usesrunitas its init system instead ofsystemd. |
| CRUX | CRUX is a Linux distribution mainly targeted at expert computer users. It uses BSD-style initscripts and utilizes aports systemsimilar to a BSD-based operating system. |
| Chimera Linux | Chimera Linux is a Linux distribution created by Daniel Kolesa, a semi-active contributor to Void Linux. It uses a userland and core utilities based on FreeBSD. |
See also
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