The new freebsd.org is live.
The updated FreeBSD website delivers a cleaner design, improved navigation, and a stronger foundation for the Project’s future.
The new site makes it easier to:
• Get started with FreeBSD
• Access documentation and downloads
• Explore core technologies like ZFS, bhyve, and Jails
• Connect with the FreeBSD community
Congratulations to everyone who contributed to making this happen.
Explore the new site:
https://bit.ly/4eY0ofG
FreeBSD Foundation
hyperreal
dmi 💽 $ echo 'https://bit.ly/4eY0ofG' | wc -c
23
$ echo 'https://freebsd.org' | wc -c
20
really? T_T
@FreeBSDFoundation also the new site looks like generic silicon-valley adjacent product. https://www.freebsd.org/images/beastie-right.svg is so hecking uncanny
the old design will be dearly missed
Megabot#33 
Graham Perrin<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"> and a handful of @media css rules goes a long way@domi <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ghxqih/comment/lv17d0r/>
＂Beastie should be demoted, …
＂Beastie is meaningful to people who already know Beastie.
He's not a good fit for a CTA or hero section; please see the pinned comment.＂
Mae
achill<script async src="https://plausible.io/js/pa-QLSHWxEIso-L-cKLRNOUO.js" ></script> so it’s not like they need the bit.ly tracking
[joke]@jamesoff
<https://freebsdfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/> – there's a Marketing Coordinator.
From one of the Foundation's previous posts, I'm fairly certain that they use (or used) a platform/service that's designed to cater for around twenty-eight social media and other platforms, some of which are so constrained that shortening occurs.
@FreeBSDFoundation i know people are a bit nit-picky about the new site design being very simple and corporate-esque
but to be honest, I don't think it's that bad imo (although I like older site designs, this one isn't the worst at all)
@FreeBSDFoundation How to switch to the old design of site? I didn't see any link like old.freebsd.org
New design looks like default corpo/startup landing 
, while the old one had the good vibes and matched with OpenBSD and NetBSD sites in some details
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116590983231782178
Special mention: @markmcb (please see the quoted post).
@thedaemon @domi @pj please see the copious discussion in the six-month long public review (D53910) – <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1teayk4/freebsd_project_website_the_beastie_theme_has/om19vax/>
@pj I'm not convinced.
Which of these comments in Reddit supports your analysis?
@pj you're recommending a link that's already on the fourth line of the opening post in Reddit (see my previous post).
I added the link three days ago, I have revisited the topic more than once.
@grahamperrin @markmcb @thedaemon @pj @FreeBSDFoundation from my very quick glance over the linked thread(s), it feels like there’s more people that dislike the redesign than people who liked it.
then again, i’m not really interested in raging a flamewar against a decision you’ve already made, especially when the main point ‘pro’ is looking modern (something which I find to be a huge detriment)
@markmcb thanks. I don't think of it as soulless, however I'm glad that it's being discussed.
Also, the post-drop discussions are no surprise 🙂
I suspect that the vast majority of people have not read the opening comment in the review. Readers probably need to click at least four times to reveal <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53910#1232233> (26th/28th November 2025). I might quote and pin that comment in Reddit. @thismarkp OK with you if I do so? Thanks.
@endrift @domi @grahamperrin @thedaemon @pj @FreeBSDFoundation The other thing to note is the deletion of text and links was intentional. This may need a few iterations but the intent is to reduce any friction the website itself may create that prevents a first-time install.
I also think we need to give thought to what’s the page for the non-new people. I can almost imagine a data dense “other front page” that’s maybe a click away and highly consumable by veteran users.
@thismarkp cc @markmcb during the review period, I refrained from commenting on the colossal logo and the unused space below.
FWIW I imagine much of that space (including the logo) as a blank canvas for a future carousel, something like that.
Don't ask me to wireframe a carousel. I'll make one of its elements an animated GIF that complains about carousels being too corporate ;-)
Something's subtly missing from the front page. We see four aspects of the OS, but (unless I'm missing something) no catchy overview. A keyword with which very few people argue:
― cohesion.
Development of FreeBSD is not uniquely cohesive, however IMHO it is a very strong selling point.
Toying with two chunks from the Foundation's description of FreeBSD, in no particular order:
― secure, stable, high-performance, modern, community-governed, open source, enterprise-friendly permissive licensing, single production-ready package
― long-standing, highly active, democratically managed, elected core team, FreeBSD Project, FreeBSD Foundation.
Cherry-pick the best from those two chunks to form something like an elevator pitch for the front page. Can it be done without creating friction? I don't know. Ha.
<https://web.archive.org/web/20260510192659/https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-project/what-is-freebsd/#post-7957>, <https://web.archive.org/web/20260510192659/https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-project/what-is-freebsd/#advgb-col-609689fc-31de-498b-aadf-c7415e300780>
The secure, stable, high-performance open source operating system FreeBSD is a modern, community-governed, open source operating system with enterprise-friendly permissive licensing. It offers superior security, performance, and stability in a single production-ready package. DOWNLOAD GET INVOLVED DONATE WHY USE FREEBSD? Secure by Design FreeBSD is renowned for security – a commitment strongly backed by the global FreeBSD
@endrift thanks.
A thought. In the r/freebsd subreddit, it's not unusual for people to be EXTREMELY critical of perceived problems with design etc. The absence of a storm of protest is, I think, a compliment.
The FreeBSD Forums is, naturally, a very different kettle of fish. It's primarily for existing users of FreeBSD …
@Lili sure, it'll be nice to understand what you mean by soulless.
Is there a website for a different distro (BSD or Linux) that you think of as more soulful?
@grahamperrin Once again, none of the other websites matter in judging this one so I’m not answering this question. Reasons I find the new FreeBSD main page soulless:
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jbjrkng/116583438455116432
FYI, boosted by @thismarkp and seven others – respondents include @patpro and @alextecplayz :
I rediscovered 2023 discussions of the new design for the main site, parts of which began in a topic about the FreeBSD Handbook (in the documentation portal, which had already been redesigned).
They're now in the opening post, with Sergio credited, at <https://redd.it/1teayk4>.
Pages such as <https://www.freebsd.org/community> can not be reached through the hamburger.
When the hamburger menu is forced: the Community submenu can not load the Community page. Other submenu headings may be similarly bugged.
Without the hamburger, with Community as a menu (not a submenu): a click on the menu item for Community does work.
@thismarkp sorry for not noticing this sooner.
Cc @pauamma only because I vaguely remember you commenting about top level menu behaviours long ago (maybe three or four years ago in Bugzilla).
As a relatively quick improvement, not yet attempting to fix the hamburger menu, you could create a link to the Community page from within the main band of six items.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1teayk4/comment/on0xz71/>
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