FreeBSD 16.0 snapshot ISO images are now live!

While FreeBSD 15.0 has reached its third alpha stage, the upcoming version of FreeBSD that will succeed 15.0, version 16.0, now has the live images available for download as of yesterday. This provides a way for developers and testers to be able to test the newest FreeBSD version in development, v16.0.

FreeBSD 16.0 is anticipated to bring in many changes to the base system and packages, such as general improvements and bug fixes. This version can now be downloaded under 16.0-CURRENT ISO images, which can be found here:

Download FreeBSD 16.0 testing

Be aware that the images provided above are based on a snapshot of the latest development branch, which is not guaranteed to be stable.

As usual, the 16.0-CURRENT version can be installed either using the bootonly variant, which is a network installer, or the disc1 variant, which includes the base FreeBSD system.

However, please note that the ports for this version of FreeBSD, which are located in the FreeBSD-ports and FreeBSD-ports-kmods repos, are not ready yet. Only the base packages are ready so far, but the ports should be done soon to be able to fully test the upcoming system.

There is currently no release schedule for this version of FreeBSD, but, based on the last two releases and their release schedules, we expect that FreeBSD 16.0 goes globally available on November 2027.

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