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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 14.3 reaches EOL on June 30, 2026 — alerts 90, 30 & 7 days out.
Latest Active
15.1
15.1 series
Next EOL
14.3
Jun 30, 2026
Active Versions
4
of 88 total
EOL Versions
82
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
■ EOL
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All Versions
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | — | Nov 30, 1993 | Aug 31, 1994 | 11619 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | — | May 31, 1994 | May 31, 1995 | 11346 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | — | Nov 22, 1994 | Feb 28, 1996 | 11073 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | — | Nov 30, 1995 | Jun 30, 1997 | 10585 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | — | Mar 31, 1997 | Mar 31, 1998 | 10311 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | — | Oct 16, 1998 | May 31, 1999 | 9885 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | — | Feb 28, 1999 | Aug 31, 1999 | 9793 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | — | May 31, 1999 | Dec 31, 1999 | 9671 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | — | Sep 30, 1999 | Feb 29, 2000 | 9611 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | — | Dec 31, 1999 | Sep 30, 2000 | 9397 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | — | Mar 14, 2000 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | — | Mar 14, 2000 | Oct 31, 2000 | 9366 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.5 | — | Jun 30, 2000 | Jun 30, 2001 | 9124 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | — | Jul 27, 2000 | Feb 28, 2001 | 9246 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | — | Nov 21, 2000 | Jul 31, 2001 | 9093 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | — | Apr 20, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | 8940 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4 | — | Sep 20, 2001 | Apr 30, 2002 | 8820 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.5 | — | Jan 29, 2002 | Sep 30, 2002 | 8667 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.6 | — | Jun 15, 2002 | Jan 31, 2003 | 8544 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.7 | — | Oct 10, 2002 | Jul 31, 2003 | 8363 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | — | Jan 14, 2003 | May 31, 2008 | 6597 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | — | Jan 14, 2003 | Sep 30, 2003 | 8302 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.8 | — | Apr 3, 2003 | Feb 28, 2004 | 8151 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | — | Jun 9, 2003 | Apr 30, 2004 | 8089 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.9 | — | Oct 28, 2003 | Aug 31, 2004 | 7966 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | — | Jan 9, 2004 | Feb 28, 2005 | 7785 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.10 | — | May 27, 2004 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | — | Nov 6, 2004 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7175 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.11 | — | Jan 25, 2005 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.4 | — | May 9, 2005 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7175 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | — | Nov 4, 2005 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5684 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | — | Nov 4, 2005 | Jan 31, 2007 | 7083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | — | May 9, 2006 | May 31, 2008 | 6597 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.5 | — | May 25, 2006 | May 31, 2008 | 6597 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | — | Jan 15, 2007 | May 31, 2008 | 6597 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | — | Jan 18, 2008 | Jan 31, 2010 | 5987 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | — | Feb 27, 2008 | Feb 28, 2013 | 4863 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | — | Feb 27, 2008 | Apr 30, 2009 | 6263 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | — | Nov 28, 2008 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5684 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | — | Jan 4, 2009 | Feb 28, 2011 | 5594 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | — | May 4, 2009 | Jun 30, 2010 | 5837 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | — | Nov 25, 2009 | Aug 1, 2015 | 3979 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | — | Nov 25, 2009 | Nov 30, 2010 | 5684 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.3 | — | Mar 23, 2010 | Mar 31, 2012 | 5197 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | — | Jul 23, 2010 | Jul 31, 2012 | 5075 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.2 | — | Feb 24, 2011 | Jul 31, 2012 | 5075 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.4 | — | Feb 24, 2011 | Feb 28, 2013 | 4863 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | — | Jan 10, 2012 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | — | Jan 10, 2012 | Mar 31, 2013 | 4832 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3 | — | Apr 18, 2012 | Apr 30, 2014 | 4437 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.1 | — | Dec 30, 2012 | Dec 31, 2014 | 4192 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.4 | — | Jun 9, 2013 | Aug 1, 2015 | 3979 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.2 | — | Sep 30, 2013 | Dec 31, 2014 | 4192 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | — | Jan 20, 2014 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2792 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.0 | — | Jan 20, 2014 | Feb 28, 2015 | 4133 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.3 | — | Jul 16, 2014 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.1 | — | Nov 14, 2014 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.2 | — | Aug 13, 2015 | Dec 31, 2016 | 3461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.3 | — | Apr 4, 2016 | Apr 30, 2018 | 2976 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | — | Oct 10, 2016 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1727 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | — | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 30, 2017 | 3127 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.1 | — | Jul 26, 2017 | Sep 30, 2018 | 2823 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.4 | — | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2792 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.2 | — | Jun 28, 2018 | Oct 31, 2019 | 2427 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | — | Dec 11, 2018 | Dec 31, 2023 | 905 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.0 | — | Dec 11, 2018 | Feb 29, 2020 | 2306 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.3 | — | Jul 9, 2019 | Sep 30, 2020 | 2092 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.1 | — | Nov 4, 2019 | Jan 31, 2021 | 1969 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.4 | — | Jun 16, 2020 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1727 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.2 | — | Oct 27, 2020 | Mar 31, 2022 | 1545 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | — | Apr 13, 2021 | Apr 30, 2026 | 54 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.0 | — | Apr 13, 2021 | Aug 31, 2022 | 1392 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.3 | — | Dec 7, 2021 | Mar 31, 2023 | 1180 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.1 | — | May 16, 2022 | Jul 31, 2023 | 1058 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.4 | — | Dec 5, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | 905 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.2 | — | Apr 11, 2023 | Jun 30, 2024 | 723 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | — | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 30, 2028 | 891 days remaining | Active |
| 14.0 | — | Nov 20, 2023 | Sep 30, 2024 | 631 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.3 | — | Mar 5, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | 539 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.1 | — | Jun 4, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | 449 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.4 | — | Sep 17, 2024 | Jun 30, 2025 | 358 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.2 | — | Dec 3, 2024 | Sep 30, 2025 | 266 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.5 | — | Mar 11, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 | 54 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.3 | — | Jun 10, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 | 7 days remaining | Warning |
| 15.0 | — | Dec 2, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | 99 days remaining | Warning |
| 15 | — | Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 31, 2029 | 1287 days remaining | Active |
| 14.4 | — | Mar 10, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | 191 days remaining | Active |
| 15.1 | — | Jun 16, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | 281 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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What is the end-of-life date for FreeBSD?
The next FreeBSD version reaching EOL is 14.3 on June 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 June 30, 2026, when version 14.3 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.