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FreeBSD End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all FreeBSD versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
📅 Get reminded before FreeBSD 15.0 reaches EOL on September 30, 2026 — alerts 90, 30 & 7 days out.
Latest Active
15.1
15.1 series
Next EOL
15.0
Sep 30, 2026
Active Versions
3
of 88 total
EOL Versions
83
no longer patched
Medium Risk
EOL Risk Score™ How is this calculated? →
EOL Recency
25/40
Attack Surface
10/30 Medium tier
CISA KEV Exposure
0/20 Not in KEV
Extended Support
0/10 Available
EOL Risk Score™ — proprietary methodology by endoflife.ai. Factors: EOL recency, attack surface breadth, CISA KEV catalog presence, extended support availability. Updated at every build. Methodology →
Release Cycle Timeline
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83 versions of FreeBSD are past end of life — security patches have stopped.
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All Versions
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | — | Nov 30, 1993 | Aug 31, 1994 | 11643 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | — | May 31, 1994 | May 31, 1995 | 11370 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | — | Nov 22, 1994 | Feb 28, 1996 | 11097 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | — | Nov 30, 1995 | Jun 30, 1997 | 10609 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | — | Mar 31, 1997 | Mar 31, 1998 | 10335 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | — | Oct 16, 1998 | May 31, 1999 | 9909 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | — | Feb 28, 1999 | Aug 31, 1999 | 9817 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | — | May 31, 1999 | Dec 31, 1999 | 9695 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | — | Sep 30, 1999 | Feb 29, 2000 | 9635 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | — | Dec 31, 1999 | Sep 30, 2000 | 9421 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | — | Mar 14, 2000 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7107 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | — | Mar 14, 2000 | Oct 31, 2000 | 9390 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.5 | — | Jun 30, 2000 | Jun 30, 2001 | 9148 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | — | Jul 27, 2000 | Feb 28, 2001 | 9270 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | — | Nov 21, 2000 | Jul 31, 2001 | 9117 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | — | Apr 20, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | 8964 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4 | — | Sep 20, 2001 | Apr 30, 2002 | 8844 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.5 | — | Jan 29, 2002 | Sep 30, 2002 | 8691 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.6 | — | Jun 15, 2002 | Jan 31, 2003 | 8568 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.7 | — | Oct 10, 2002 | Jul 31, 2003 | 8387 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | — | Jan 14, 2003 | May 31, 2008 | 6621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | — | Jan 14, 2003 | Sep 30, 2003 | 8326 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.8 | — | Apr 3, 2003 | Feb 28, 2004 | 8175 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | — | Jun 9, 2003 | Apr 30, 2004 | 8113 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.9 | — | Oct 28, 2003 | Aug 31, 2004 | 7990 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | — | Jan 9, 2004 | Feb 28, 2005 | 7809 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.10 | — | May 27, 2004 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7107 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | — | Nov 6, 2004 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7199 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.11 | — | Jan 25, 2005 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7107 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.4 | — | May 9, 2005 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7199 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | — | Nov 4, 2005 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5708 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | — | Nov 4, 2005 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7107 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | — | May 9, 2006 | May 31, 2008 | 6621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.5 | — | May 25, 2006 | May 31, 2008 | 6621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | — | Jan 15, 2007 | May 31, 2008 | 6621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | — | Jan 18, 2008 | Jan 31, 2010 | 6011 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | — | Feb 27, 2008 | Feb 28, 2013 | 4887 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | — | Feb 27, 2008 | Apr 30, 2009 | 6287 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | — | Nov 28, 2008 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5708 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | — | Jan 4, 2009 | Feb 28, 2011 | 5618 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | — | May 4, 2009 | Jun 30, 2010 | 5861 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | — | Nov 25, 2009 | Aug 1, 2015 | 4003 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | — | Nov 25, 2009 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5708 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.3 | — | Mar 23, 2010 | Mar 31, 2012 | 5221 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | — | Jul 23, 2010 | Jul 31, 2012 | 5099 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.2 | — | Feb 24, 2011 | Jul 31, 2012 | 5099 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.4 | — | Feb 24, 2011 | Feb 28, 2013 | 4887 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | — | Jan 10, 2012 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3485 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | — | Jan 10, 2012 | Mar 31, 2013 | 4856 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3 | — | Apr 18, 2012 | Apr 30, 2014 | 4461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.1 | — | Dec 30, 2012 | Dec 31, 2014 | 4216 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.4 | — | Jun 9, 2013 | Aug 1, 2015 | 4003 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.2 | — | Sep 30, 2013 | Dec 31, 2014 | 4216 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | — | Jan 20, 2014 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2816 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.0 | — | Jan 20, 2014 | Feb 28, 2015 | 4157 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.3 | — | Jul 16, 2014 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3485 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.1 | — | Nov 14, 2014 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3485 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.2 | — | Aug 13, 2015 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3485 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.3 | — | Apr 4, 2016 | Apr 30, 2018 | 3000 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | — | Oct 10, 2016 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1751 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | — | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 30, 2017 | 3151 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.1 | — | Jul 26, 2017 | Sep 30, 2018 | 2847 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.4 | — | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2816 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.2 | — | Jun 28, 2018 | Oct 31, 2019 | 2451 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | — | Dec 11, 2018 | Dec 31, 2023 | 929 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.0 | — | Dec 11, 2018 | Feb 29, 2020 | 2330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.3 | — | Jul 9, 2019 | Sep 30, 2020 | 2116 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.1 | — | Nov 4, 2019 | Jan 31, 2021 | 1993 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.4 | — | Jun 16, 2020 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1751 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.2 | — | Oct 27, 2020 | Mar 31, 2022 | 1569 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | — | Apr 13, 2021 | Apr 30, 2026 | 78 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.0 | — | Apr 13, 2021 | Aug 31, 2022 | 1416 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.3 | — | Dec 7, 2021 | Mar 31, 2023 | 1204 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.1 | — | May 16, 2022 | Jul 31, 2023 | 1082 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.4 | — | Dec 5, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | 929 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.2 | — | Apr 11, 2023 | Jun 30, 2024 | 747 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | — | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 30, 2028 | 867 days remaining | Active |
| 14.0 | — | Nov 20, 2023 | Sep 30, 2024 | 655 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.3 | — | Mar 5, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | 563 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.1 | — | Jun 4, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | 473 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.4 | — | Sep 17, 2024 | Jun 30, 2025 | 382 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.2 | — | Dec 3, 2024 | Sep 30, 2025 | 290 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.5 | — | Mar 11, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 | 78 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.3 | — | Jun 10, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 | 17 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.0 | — | Dec 2, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | 75 days remaining | Warning |
| 15 | — | Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 31, 2029 | 1263 days remaining | Active |
| 14.4 | — | Mar 10, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | 167 days remaining | Warning |
| 15.1 | — | Jun 16, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | 257 days remaining | Active |
What does FreeBSD end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of FreeBSD reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL FreeBSD should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL FreeBSD versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the end-of-life date for FreeBSD?
The next FreeBSD version reaching EOL is 15.0 on September 30, 2026. See the full table above for all version EOL dates.
When is the FreeBSD support end date?
The next FreeBSD support end date is September 30, 2026, when version 15.0 reaches end of support. Each version has its own support end date — see the table above for every version's date.
What is the latest supported version of FreeBSD?
The latest active version of FreeBSD is 15.1. Always verify against the table above as support windows can change.
What happens when FreeBSD reaches end of life?
When FreeBSD reaches end of life, the vendor stops issuing security patches. Any CVEs disclosed after the EOL date accumulate indefinitely with no patch path — creating an ever-growing attack surface that most vulnerability scanners do not flag.
How do I check if I'm running an EOL version of FreeBSD?
Check your current version against the table above. If your version's EOL date has passed, you are running unsupported software. You can also use the endoflife.ai Stack Scanner to check your entire dependency file at once.
Is there extended support available for EOL FreeBSD versions?
Some vendors offer extended support for EOL software. Contact the original vendor or check with enterprise support providers for options.