OpenBSD
Security-focused Unix-like operating system
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- Founded
- October 18, 1995
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131 statements · 73% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Latest version
- 7.9 released: May 19, 2026 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“May 19, 2026: OpenBSD 7.9 released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=177919671915512&w=2Retrieved 2026-05-19
- 2.1 released: June 1, 1997
- 2.2 released: December 1, 1997
- 2.0 released: October 18, 1996
- 2.3 released: May 19, 1998 · version type: stable version · download url: unknown
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Sources- 1.openbsd.org/23.html
- 2.“OpenBSD 2.3 released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=90222459431597&w=2Retrieved 2024-04-11
- 2.4 released: December 1, 1998
- 2.5 released: May 19, 1999
- 2.6 released: December 1, 1999
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- 5.6 released: November 1, 2014
- 5.7 released: May 1, 2015
- 5.8 released: October 18, 2015 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 5.8”openbsd.org/58.htmlRetrieved 2020-12-08
- 2.“OpenBSD 5.8 released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=144518039211051&w=2Retrieved 2020-12-08
- 2.7 released: June 15, 2000
- 2.8 released: December 1, 2000
- 2.9 released: June 1, 2001
- 3.0 released: December 1, 2001
- 3.1 released: May 19, 2002
- 1.1 released: October 18, 1995
- 1.2 released: July 1, 1996
- 3.2 released: November 1, 2002
- 3.3 released: May 1, 2003
- 3.4 released: November 1, 2003
- 3.5 released: May 1, 2004
- 3.6 released: November 1, 2004
- 3.7 released: May 19, 2005
- 3.8 released: November 1, 2005
- 3.9 released: May 1, 2006
- 4.0 released: November 1, 2006
- 4.1 released: May 1, 2007
- 4.2 released: November 1, 2007
- 4.3 released: May 1, 2008
- 4.4 released: November 1, 2008
- 4.5 released: May 1, 2009
- 4.6 released: October 18, 2009
- 4.7 released: May 19, 2010
- 4.8 released: November 1, 2010
- 4.9 released: May 1, 2011
- 5.0 released: November 1, 2011
- 5.1 released: May 1, 2012
- 5.2 released: November 1, 2012
- 5.3 released: May 1, 2013
- 5.4 released: November 1, 2013
- 5.5 released: May 1, 2014 · version type: stable version · download url: unknown
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 5.5 Released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=139895819502063&w=2Retrieved 2022-10-20
- 5.9 released: March 29, 2016 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 5.9”openbsd.org/59.htmlRetrieved 2016-03-29
- 2.“OpenBSD 5.9 released (early!)”undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160329181346Retrieved 2016-03-29
- 6.0 released: September 1, 2016 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 6.0”openbsd.org/60.htmlRetrieved 2016-09-17
- 2.“OpenBSD 6.0 released”undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160901090415Retrieved 2016-09-17
- 3.“The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD”bxr.su/DragonFly/share/misc/bsd-family-treeRetrieved 2016-09-17
- 6.1 released: April 11, 2017 · version type: stable version
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- 6.2 released: October 9, 2017 · version type: stable version
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- 6.3 released: April 15, 2018 · version type: stable version
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- 6.4 released: October 18, 2018 · version type: stable version
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- 6.5 released: April 24, 2019 · version type: stable version
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- 6.6 released: October 17, 2019 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 6.6 release, Oct 17, 2019”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=157132045926047&w=2Retrieved 2019-10-17
- 6.7 released: May 19, 2020 · version type: stable version
- 6.8 released: October 18, 2020 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 6.8 released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=160303500224235&w=2Retrieved 2020-10-19
- 6.9 released: May 1, 2021 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 6.9 released May 1”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=161982698809304&w=2Retrieved 2021-05-03
- 7.0 released: October 14, 2021 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.0 RELEASED”marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=163422229301719&w=2
- 7.1 released: April 21, 2022 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.1 RELEASED”marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=165054744822533&w=2
- 7.2 released: October 20, 2022 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.2 RELEASED”marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=166627387020774&w=2
- 7.3 released: April 10, 2023 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.3 released”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=168113508418701&w=2Retrieved 2023-04-11
- 7.4 released: October 16, 2023 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.4 released -- Oct 16, 2023”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=169746103423179&w=2Retrieved 2023-10-16
- 7.5 released: April 5, 2024 · version type: stable version
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- 7.6 released: October 8, 2024 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD 7.6”openbsd.org/76.htmlRetrieved 2024-10-08
- 2.“OpenBSD 7.6 released, Oct 8, 2024”marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=172833332925186&w=2Retrieved 2025-04-27
- 7.9 released: May 19, 2026 · version type: stable version · download url: ftp.openbsd.org
- Based on
- NetBSD latest version: 1.1
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Sources- 1.“The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD”bxr.su/d/share/misc/bsd-family-treeRetrieved 2016-09-17
- Berkeley Software Distribution latest version: 4.4BSD Lite2
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Sources- 1.“The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD”bxr.su/DragonFly/share/misc/bsd-family-treeRetrieved 2016-09-17
- NetBSD latest version: 1.1
- Platforms
- DEC Alpha
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD/alpha”openbsd.org/alpha.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- IA-32
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD/i386”openbsd.org/i386.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- x86-64
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD/amd64”openbsd.org/amd64.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- MIPS architecture
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- PowerPC
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD/macppc”openbsd.org/macppc.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- 3.“OpenBSD/powerpc64”openbsd.org/powerpc64.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- PA-RISC
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD/hppa”openbsd.org/hppa.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- SPARC64
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- 2.“OpenBSD/sparc64”openbsd.org/sparc64.htmlRetrieved 2015-11-14
- ARMv7
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD/armv7”openbsd.org/armv7.htmlRetrieved 2016-08-21
- 2.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2016-08-21
- 3.“ARMv7 now has a bootloader”undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160529145411Retrieved 2016-08-21
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- AArch64
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2019-10-03
- 2.“OpenBSD/arm64”openbsd.org/arm64.htmlRetrieved 2019-10-03
- LUNA
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- 2.“OpenBSD/luna88k”openbsd.org/luna88k.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- RISC-V
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Sources- 1.“OpenBSD Platforms”openbsd.org/plat.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- 2.“OpenBSD/riscv64”openbsd.org/riscv64.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-21
- DEC Alpha
- Hashtag
- OpenBSD
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- 11,998(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1046483583010066432
- 10,776(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1046483583010066432
- 8,410(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1046483583010066432
- 7,240(April 26, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1046483583010066432
On other databases
17 identifiers linking OpenBSD across the web's reference databases
- Autonomous system number22512
- DistroWatch IDopenbsd
- Freebase ID/m/05lwm
- GitHub topicopenbsd
- GND ID4791366-6
- J9U entity ID987007381877105171
- Lemmy community IDopenbsd@lemmy.sdf.org
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn2003002707
- MusicBrainz label IDd11f557d-f21b-4001-ac9d-953326bbb8aa
- Open Hub IDopenbsd
- Open Library subject IDopenbsd
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID7883
- Quora topic IDOpenBSD
- Subredditopenbsd
- VIAF cluster ID180371448
- X (Twitter) usernameOpenBSD
- Zhihu topic ID19660337