List of products based on FreeBSD

There are many products based on FreeBSD. Information about these products and the version of FreeBSD they are based on is often difficult to come by, since this fact is not widely publicised.

Commercial products

• Adara Networks Software Defined Networking products^[1]
• AKIPS network monitoring system
• Apple Inc.'s OS X and iOS, the core of which (Darwin) is built on the XNU kernel (part Mach, part FreeBSD,^[2] part Apple-derived code). Much of the UNIX userland tools are mostly based on FreeBSD code.^[3]
• Blue Coat Systems network appliances^[4]
• Calexium MailFountain is based on FreeBSD 8.1
• Borderware appliances (firewall, VPN, Anti-SPAM, Web filter etc.) are based on a FreeBSD kernel^[5]
• Check Point IPSO security appliances^[6]
• Citrix Systems Netscaler application delivery software is based on FreeBSD^[7]
• Coyote Point GX-series web acceleration and load balancer appliances^[8]
• Dell Compellent enterprise storage systems (all 64-bit versions)^[9]
• Dell (was EqualLogic) iSCSI SAN arrays^[10]
• EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI (DNS DHCP IPAM) appliances^[11]
• Halon SMTP server 3.4 is based on FreeBSD 10.2^[12]
• Hobnob WirelessWAN^[13]
• IronPort AsyncOS is based on a FreeBSD kernel^[14]
• Isilon Systems' OneFS, the operating system used on Isilon IQ-series clustered storage systems^[15]
• Juniper Networks Junos^[16]
  • Junos prior to 5.0 was based on FreeBSD 2.2.6
  • Junos between 5.0 and 7.2 (inclusive) is based on FreeBSD 4.2
  • Junos 7.3 and higher is based on FreeBSD 4.10
  • Junos 8.5 is based on FreeBSD 6.1
  • Junos 10.0 is based on FreeBSD 7
  • Junos 15.1 is based on FreeBSD 10^[17]
• KACE Networks's KBOX 1000 & 2000 Series Appliances and the Virtual KBOX Appliance
• LineRate Proxy appliances^[18]
• nCircle's IP360 security products use FreeBSD 6.x
• McAfee SecurOS, used in e.g. Firewall Enterprise (aka Sidewinder)^[19]
• NetApp filers based on Data ONTAP^[20]
• Netasq intrusion prevention appliances^[21]
• Netflix Open Connect appliances^[22][23]
• COMP VPN gateways, some of them certified by the Internal Security Agency for processing classified data^[24]
• Panasas parallel network storage systems^[25]
• Panasonic uses FreeBSD in their Viera TV receivers^[26][27]
• Sandvine's network policy control products^[28]
• Silicon Graphics International uses FreeBSD in their ArcFiniti^[29] MAID disk arrays, formerly manufactured by COPAN.^[30]
• Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3,^[31] PlayStation 4^[32] and PlayStation Vita^[33] consumer gaming consoles.
• Sophos Email Appliance^[34]
• Spectra Logic nTier Verde backup appliances
• Statseeker, Network Monitoring Software^[35]
• St. Bernard Software iPrism web filter appliance^[36]
• Symmetricom Timing Solutions^[37]
• The Weather Channel's IntelliStar local forecast computer^[38]
• Whatsapp^[39]
• Wheel Systems FUDO and Lynx^[40]

Open source products

• BSD Router Project - customized distribution of FreeBSD dedicated to offering IP routing services^[40]
• Darwin - The base OS of Mac OS X
• DesktopBSD – KDE-based desktop-oriented distribution
• DragonFlyBSD - FreeBSD independent fork
• FreeNAS – Open source storage platform^[40]
• FreeSBIE – Live CD
• GhostBSD – MATE-based distribution, that also offers XFCE GUI^[40]
• HardenedBSD – FreeBSD with security and exploit mitigation extensions
• MidnightBSD - A independent fork of FreeBSD for desktop users
• m0n0wall – embedded firewall software package^[40]
• pfSense – Open source and free network firewall distribution^[40]
• NAS4Free – Open source storage platform^[40]
• OPNsense – open source and free network firewall distribution
• PC-BSD – FreeBSD distribution aimed at desktop users
• Frenzy – portable system administrator toolkit
• Zrouter^[41][40]

Open source products that use significant FreeBSD code

• FreeRaspberry Pi (FreeRPi) – Initial work has been done to port FreeBSD to run on Raspberry Pi single board computers with ARM11 SoC hardware.^[42]
• OSv

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5. John Linehan (2003). "IT Audit: Security Beyond The Checklist". SANS Institute. SANS Institute. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
6. Check Point (November 8, 2010). "Release Notes and Getting Started, IPSO 6.2". Retrieved April 15, 2012.
7. "Dependency on FreeBSD Version for Installing Specific Releases of NetScaler Application Delivery Software". Citrix. February 14, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
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11. "EfficientIP - - Defining Smart DDI". efficientip.com.
12. "Halon release notes". Halon Security AB. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
13. "Hobnob - Combine WiFi and 4G. Get a faster network.". hobnob.com.
14. "Cisco IronPort AsyncOS". Retrieved April 15, 2012.
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16. Michael Bushong (March 14, 2012). "Giving Back to the FreeBSD Community". Retrieved 15 April 2012.
17. "Junos OS Release 15.1R2 for the EX Series, M Series, MX Series, PTX Series, and T Series". 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
18. "F5 Acquires Linerate for Layer 7 SDN Control". enterprisenetworkingplanet.com.
19. McAffe (March 2009). "McAffee Firewall Enterprise (Sidewinder) Administration Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
20. Robert Watson (2008-03-24). "Google / FreeBSD Summer of Code application period now open". Retrieved August 11, 2010.
21. Yvan VANHULLEBUS (September 2007). "NETASQ and BSD: a success story" (PDF). NETASQ. EuroBSDCon. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
22. "Open Connect Appliance Deployment Guide" (PDF). Netflix. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
23. Long, Scott (2012-06-06). "Netflix's New Peering Appliance Uses FreeBSD". freebsd-stable (Mailing list). Retrieved 2013-12-22.
24. COMP. "Szyfrator ETA-VPN 100P". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
25. Robert Watson (November 11, 2006). "How the FreeBSD Project Works" (PDF). FreeBSD Project. University of Cambridge. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
26. https://www.freebsdnews.com/2010/04/21/panasonic-tvs-running-freebsd/
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28. Maste, Ed (2011-05-13). "FreeBSD at Sandvine". BSDCan 2011.
29. Merry, Ken (2012-05-11). "CAM Target Layer" (PDF). BSDCan 2012. Spectra Logic Corporation.
30. Ken Merry (January 12, 2012). "SVN Commit Revision 229997". Retrieved 15 April 2012.
31. "PlayStation 3 License". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
32. "PlayStation 4 License". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
33. "PlayStation Vita License". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
34. "Sophos Email Appliance: overview". January 27, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
35. "User Guide – Version 2.8.x". Retrieved April 15, 2012.
36. "Hardened OS and Kernel-Level URL Filtering". Retrieved April 15, 2012.
37. Ian Lepore (October 11, 2011). "ARM RAS code can fail to restart an atomic sequence". Retrieved April 15, 2012.
38. "Using FreeBSD to Render Realtime Localized Audio and Video". googleusercontent.com.
39. "1 million is so 2011". WhatsApp Blog. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
40. "Welcome to FreeBSD!". Retrieved 2016-01-12.
41. "Zrouter". Retrieved September 6, 2012.
42. "FreeBSD – Raspberry Pi"., see also Raspbian#Software build