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FreeBSD releases are classified into Production Releases and Legacy Releases. For most users, production releases will be most suitable. Legacy releases are provided for existing users wishing to stay with a more conservative upgrade strategy.
For information about branches, release dates, and estimated end-of-life (EOL) dates, please see the Supported Releases section of FreeBSD Security Information.
Release 15.1 (June 16, 2026. EOL: March 31, 2027) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
Release 14.5 (September 8, 2026. EOL: June 30, 2027) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
Release 14.4 (March 10, 2026. EOL: December 31, 2026) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
For schedules, and for more information about the release engineering process, please see Release Engineering.
The latest snapshots from our FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT branches are also available. See Getting FreeBSD.
For historical information about branches, release dates, types, and EOL dates, see Unsupported Releases.
15.0 (December 2, 2025. EOL: September 30, 2026) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
14.3 (June 10, 2025. EOL: June 30, 2026) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
14.2 (December 3, 2024. EOL: September 30, 2025) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
14.1 (June 4, 2024. EOL: March 31, 2025) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
14.0 (November 20, 2023. EOL: September 30, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.5 (March 11, 2025) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.4 (September 17, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.3 (March 5, 2024) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.2 (April 11, 2023) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.1 (May 16, 2022) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
13.0 (April 13, 2021) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
12.4 (December 5, 2022) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
12.3 (December 7, 2021) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
12.2 (October 27, 2020) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
12.1 (November 4, 2019) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Compatibility List : Readme : Errata : Signed Checksums
12.0 (December 11, 2018) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
11.4 (June 23, 2020) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
11.3 (July 9, 2019) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
11.2 (June 28, 2018) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
11.1 (July 26, 2017) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
11.0 (October 10, 2016) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
10.4 (October 3, 2017) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
10.3 (April 4, 2016) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata: Checksums
10.2 (August 13, 2015) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
10.1 (November 14, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
10.0 (January 20, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
9.3 (July 16, 2014) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
9.2 (September 30, 2013) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
9.1 (December 30, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
9.0 (January 12, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
8.4 (June 7, 2013) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata
8.3 (April 18, 2012) Announcement: Release Notes: Installation Instructions: Hardware Notes: Readme: Errata