Unix system family tree

2023-12-30
#Unix #FreeBSD

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1. The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD

First Edition (V1)
     |
Second Edition (V2)
     |
Third Edition (V3)
     |
Fourth Edition (V4)
     |
Fifth Edition (V5)
     |
Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
       \                |
        \               |
         \              |
Seventh Edition (V7)----|----------------------*
            \           |                      |
             \        1BSD                     |
             32V        |                      |
               \      2BSD---------------*     |
                \    /                   |     |
                 \  /                    |     |
                  \/                     |     |
                 3BSD                    |     |
                  |                      |     |
               4.0BSD                2.79BSD   |
                  |                      |     |
               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD <-*
                  |                      |
              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
                  |                \     |
              4.1bBSD                \   |
                  |                    \ |
      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
     /            |                      |
Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
     |            |                      |
     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
     |            |                      |
     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
     |            |               /      |
Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
     |            |              \       |
     |            |                \     |
     v            |                  2.11BSD
Tenth Edition     |                      |
                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
               4.3BSD NET/1              |
                  |                      v
               4.3BSD Reno
                  |
   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
   |                    |                      |             |
386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
   |                    |                      |             |
386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
   |                    |                    / |             |
   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
   |               /    |                      |             |
FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'     *--NetBSD 0.9          |           BSD/386 1.1
   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
FreeBSD 1.1             |          /     /     |     \       |
   |                    |         /     |      |      \      |
FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'      |      |       \     |
   |               /    |               |      |        \    |
FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |               |      |         \   |
   |             /      *--NetBSD 1.0 <-'      |          \  |
   |            /       |                      |           \ |
FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
   |                     \                     |             |
FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
 |   |               | |     *--NetBSD 1.1 -.              BSD/OS 2.1
 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |               \               |
 |     |             | |     *--NetBSD 1.2    \            BSD/OS 3.0
 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
 |                   | |     |                 |             |
 |                   | |     |                 |             |
 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
 |         |         | |     *--NetBSD 1.3     |             |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5       |
 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |      |           |  |  |  |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
 |      |             |      |                 |             |
 |      |             |      |                 |             |
 |      |           10.0     *--NetBSD 1.5     |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
 |      |             |      *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2       |
 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
 |      |          |  |      |                 |
 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
 |                 |  |      |                 |
 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
 |                    |      |                 |                      \
FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
 |                    |      |                 |                       |
FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.0
 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
 |                    |      |                 |                       |
 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
 |           |        |      *--NetBSD 2.0     |                       |
 |           |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.2.0
 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
 |     |     |        |      *--NetBSD 3.0     |                       |
 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.4.0
 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |               DragonFly 1.6.0
 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.8.0
 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.10.0
 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
 |     |              |      *--NetBSD 4.0     |                       |
 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |               DragonFly 1.12.0
 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |               DragonFly 2.0.0
 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.2.0
 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |      *--NetBSD     OpenBSD 4.5                 |
 |             \      |      |   5.0           |                       |
 |             \      |      |  / | \          |                       |
 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \         |                       |
 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \        |                       |
 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD     |               DragonFly 2.4.0
 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6                 |
 |              |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD     |                       |
 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2     |               DragonFly 2.6.0
 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |            |                       |
 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |            |                       |
 |     |        |     |      |  | |            |               DragonFly 2.8.2
 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD    |                       |
 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1       |                       |
 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
 |     |              |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |        |                       |
 |            \      10.7    |  |     |        |                       |
 |             |      |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2      |                       |
 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |        |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |  |          OpenBSD 5.1                 |
 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.     |                       |
 |     |       |     10.8    |           |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |    | OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    | |          |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |  \         |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |      | OpenBSD 5.3         DragonFly 3.4.1
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6   |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    |            |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |         6.1     |                       |
 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.1    |                       |
 |     |              |      |          |      |                       |
 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2    |                       |
 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |      |                       |
 |     |             10.9    |          |  OpenBSD 5.4                 |
 |     `-----.        |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.0
 |            \       |      |          |      |                       |
 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.1
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.2
 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4    |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |  OpenBSD 5.5                 |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.0
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.1
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.3
 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |      9.3     |      |          |      |                       |
 |     |              |      |       NetBSD    |               DragonFly 3.8.2
 |     |              |      |        6.1.5    |                       |
 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.6                 |
 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.7                 |
 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0     |                       |
 |     |            10.11    |   | |       OpenBSD 5.8                 |
 |     |              |      |   | `--.        |               DragonFly 4.4.1
 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 5.9                 |
 |   10.3             |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1      |                       |
 |     `------.       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.6.0
 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.0                 |
 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD      |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2      |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   |             |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD     |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1       |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.8.0
 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.1                 |
 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 5.0.0
 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.2         DragonFly 5.0.1
 |     |              |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD      |               DragonFly 5.0.2
 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1      |                       |
 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2      `--.                    |
 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
 |            |       |      |   `-----.      OpenBSD 6.3              |
 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |          |            DragonFly 5.2.0
 |            |       |      |   8.0   |          |                    |
 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.1
 |            |       |      |   |     |          |                    |
 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.2
 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD  |                    |
 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2    |                    |
 |            |     macOS    |   |                |                    |
 |            |     10.14    |   |            OpenBSD 6.4              |
 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
 |            |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.0
 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |   |                |                    |
 |   12.0     |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.1
 |     |      |       |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.5              |
 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD            |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |   8.1              |            DragonFly 5.6
 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.6.1
 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |   |                |                    |
 |     |     11.3   10.15    |   |                |                    |
 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.6              |
 |   12.1     |     macOS    |   `-------.        |                    |
 |     |      |    10.15.1   |           |        |            DragonFly 5.6.2
 |     |      |       |      *--NetBSD   |        |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |   9.0     |        |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |      |        |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |      |        |            DragonFly 5.8
 |     |      |       |      |    |      |        |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |      |        |            DragonFly 5.6.3
 |     |      |       |      |    |    NetBSD     |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |     8.2       |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |            DragonFly 5.8.1
 |     |      |       |      |    |           OpenBSD 6.7              |
 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |    |               |                    |
 |     |     11.4     |      |    |               |                    |
 |     |              |      |    |               |            DragonFly 5.8.2
 |     |              |      |    |               |            DragonFly 5.8.3
 |     |              |      |  NetBSD 9.1    OpenBSD 6.8              |
 |  FreeBSD         macOS    |    |               |                    |
 |   12.2            11      |    |               |                    |
 |     |              |      |    |               |                    |
 |     `------.       |      |    |               |                    |
 |            |       |      |    |               |                    |
 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |    |               |                    |
 |   13.0     |       |      |  NetBSD 9.2    OpenBSD 6.9      DragonFly 6.0.0
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |            DragonFly 6.0.1
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |                    |
 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |    |           OpenBSD 7.0              |
 |     |     12.3    12      |    |               |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |            DragonFly 6.2.1
 |     |      |       |      |    |           OpenBSD 7.1              |
 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |    |               |                    |
 |   13.1     |       |      |    |               |                    |
 |     |      |       |      |    |               |            DragonFly 6.2.2
 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD 9.3        |                    |
 |     |      |     macOS    |                OpenBSD 7.2              |
 |     |      |      13      |                    |                    |
 |     |   FreeBSD    |      |                    |                    |
 |     |     12.4     |      |                    |                    |
 |     |              |      |                    |            DragonFly 6.4.0
 |     |              |      |                OpenBSD 7.3              |
 |  FreeBSD           |      |                    |                    |
 |   13.2             |      |                    |                    |
 |                  macOS    |                    |                    |
 |                   14      |                    |                    |
 |                    |      |                OpenBSD 7.4              |
 *--FreeBSD           |      |                    |                    |
 |   14.0             |      |                    |                    |
 |                    |      |                    |                    |
FreeBSD 15 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
 |                    |      |                    |                    |
 v                    v      v                    v                    v

2. Time

Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.

[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System.

[APL] Apple website https://www.apple.com/macosx/

[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.

[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.

[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.

[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.

[KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.

[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement. comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.

[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.

[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.

[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.

[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. ISBN 0201547775, EAN 9780201547771

[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.

[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/

[USE] Usenet announcement.

[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.

[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail

Multics                 1965
UNIX                    Summer 1969
                DEC PDP-7
First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
                DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
                10 UNIX installations
Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
                Pipes, 16 installations
Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
                rewriting in C effected,
                                above 30 installations
Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
                above 50 installations
Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
                port to DEC Vax
Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
                first portable UNIX
Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
                VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
                descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
                descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
            scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
            and networking part by the streams mechanism

Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]

1BSD                    late 1977
            1978-01-16 [DOC]
            1978-03-09 [QCU]
                PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
                30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
                35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
2BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
                75 2BSD tapes shipped
2.79BSD         1980-04-xx [TUHS]
2.8BSD          1981-07-xx [KSJ]
                First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
                community fixes.
2.8.1BSD        1982-01-xx [QCU]
                set of performance improvements
2.9BSD          1983-07-xx [KSJ]
2.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
2.9BSD-Seismo       1985-08-xx [SMS]
2.10BSD         1987-04-xx [KKK]
2.10.1BSD       1989-01-xx [SMS]
2.11BSD         1991-03-14 [SMS]
2.11BSD rev #430    1999-12-13 [SMS]

32V         1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
3BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
                virtual memory, page replacement,
                            demand paging
4.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
                alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4.1bBSD             internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4.1cBSD                 late 1982
                beta release, IPC [44B]
4.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
            1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]

BSD/386 ALPHA       1991-12-xx [BSDI]
                first code released to people outside BSDI
386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
BSD/386 0.3.1           1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
BSD/386 0.3.3       1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
BSD/386 0.9.3       1992-10-xx [BSDI]
                first external gamma; G customers
BSD/386 0.9.4       1992-12-xx [BSDI]
                would have been 1.0 except for request
                for preliminary injunction
BSD/386 1.0         1993-03-xx [BSDI]
                injunction denied; first official release
NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
FreeBSD 1.0     1993-11-01 [FBD]
FreeBSD 1.0.2       1993-11-14 [FBD]
                supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
BSD/386 1.1     1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
FreeBSD 1.1     1994-05-07 [FBD]
FreeBSD 1.1.5       1994-06-30 [FBD]
FreeBSD 1.1.5.1     1994-07-05 [FBD]
                supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
FreeBSD 2.0     1994-11-23 [FBD]
BSD/OS 2.0      1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
FreeBSD 2.0.5       1995-06-10 [FBD]
BSD/OS 2.0.1        1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4.4BSD Lite Release 2   1995-06-xx [44B]
                the true final distribution from the CSRG
FreeBSD 2.1.0       1995-11-19 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
BSD/OS 2.1      1996-01-xx [BSDI]
FreeBSD 2.1.5       1996-07-14 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
FreeBSD 2.1.6       1996-11-16 [FBD]
FreeBSD 2.1.6.1     1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
Rhapsody        1997-xx-xx
FreeBSD 2.1.7       1997-02-20 [FBD]
BSD/OS 3.0      1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
FreeBSD 2.2.0       1997-03-16 [FBD]
FreeBSD 2.2.1       1997-03-25 [FBD]
FreeBSD 2.2.2       1997-05-16 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 2.2.5       1997-10-22 [FBD]
OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
FreeBSD 2.2.6       1998-03-25 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
BSD/OS 3.1      1998-03-xx [BSDI]
OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
FreeBSD 2.2.7       1998-07-22 [FBD]
BSD/OS 4.0      1998-08-xx [BSDI]
                2-lock MP support, ELF executables
FreeBSD 3.0     1998-10-16 [FBD]
                FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
                while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
                was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
FreeBSD 3.1     1999-02-15 [FBD]
BSD/OS 4.0.1        1999-03-xx [BSDI]
NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
BSD/OS 4.1      1999-12-xx [BSDI]
FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
FreeBSD 3.5     2000-06-24 [FBD]
FreeBSD 4.1     2000-07-27 [FBD]
FreeBSD 3.5.1       2000-07-28 [FBD]
FreeBSD 4.1.1       2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
FreeBSD 4.2         2000-11-21 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.4.3        2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
BSD/OS 4.2      2000-11-29 [BSDI]
OpenBSD 2.8     2000-12-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
FreeBSD 4.3         2001-04-20 [FBD]
OpenBSD 2.9         2001-06-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 1.5.1        2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
NetBSD 1.5.2        2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
FreeBSD 4.4         2001-09-18 [FBD]
Mac OS X 10.1       2001-09-29 [APL]
OpenBSD 3.0     2001-12-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 4.5         2002-01-29 [FBD]
BSD/OS 4.3      2002-03-14 [WRS]
OpenBSD 3.1     2002-05-19 [OBD]
FreeBSD 4.6         2002-06-15 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.5.3        2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
FreeBSD 4.6.2       2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
Mac OS X 10.2       2002-08-23 [APL]
NetBSD 1.6      2002-09-14 [NBD]
FreeBSD 4.7     2002-10-08 [FBD]
OpenBSD 3.2     2002-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 5.0     2003-01-17 [FBD]
                FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
                -current, similar to 3.0.
FreeBSD 4.8     2003-04-03 [FBD]
NetBSD 1.6.1        2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
OpenBSD 3.3     2003-05-01 [OBD]
BSD/OS 5.0      2003-05-?? [WRS]
FreeBSD 5.1     2003-06-09 [FBD]
Mac OS X 10.3       2003-10-24 [APL]
FreeBSD 4.9     2003-10-28 [FBD]
BSD/OS 5.1 ISE      2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
OpenBSD 3.4     2003-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 5.2     2004-01-12 [FBD]
FreeBSD 5.2.1       2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
NetBSD 1.6.2        2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
OpenBSD 3.5     2004-04-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 4.10        2004-05-27 [FBD]
DragonFly 1.0       2004-07-12 [DFB]
OpenBSD 3.6     2004-10-29 [OBD]
FreeBSD 5.3     2004-11-06 [FBD]
NetBSD 2.0      2004-12-09 [NBD]
FreeBSD 4.11        2005-01-25 [FBD]
DragonFly 1.2.0     2005-04-08 [DFB]
NetBSD 2.0.2        2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
Mac OS X 10.4       2005-04-29 [APL]
FreeBSD 5.4     2005-05-09 [FBD]
OpenBSD 3.7     2005-05-19 [OBD]
NetBSD 2.0.3        2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
OpenBSD 3.8     2005-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 6.0     2005-11-01 [FBD]
NetBSD 2.1      2005-11-02 [NBD]
NetBSD 3.0      2005-12-23 [NBD]
DragonFly 1.4.0     2006-01-08 [DFB]
FreeBSD 2.2.9       2006-04-01 [FBD]
OpenBSD 3.9     2006-05-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 6.1     2006-05-08 [FBD]
FreeBSD 5.5     2006-05-25 [FBD]
NetBSD 3.0.1        2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
DragonFly 1.6.0     2006-07-24 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.0     2006-11-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 3.0.2        2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
NetBSD 3.1      2006-11-04 [NBD]
FreeBSD 6.2     2007-01-15 [FBD]
DragonFly 1.8.0     2007-01-30 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.1     2007-05-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 1.10.0    2007-08-06 [DFB]
Mac OS X 10.5       2007-10-26 [APL]
OpenBSD 4.2     2007-11-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 4.0      2007-12-19 [NBD]
FreeBSD 6.3     2008-01-18 [FBD]
DragonFly 1.12.0    2008-02-26 [DFB]
FreeBSD 7.0     2008-02-27 [FBD]
OpenBSD 4.3     2008-05-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 2.0.0     2008-07-21 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.4     2008-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 6.4     2008-11-28 [FBD]
FreeBSD 7.1     2009-01-04 [FBD]
DragonFly 2.2.0     2009-02-17 [DFB]
NetBSD 5.0      2009-04-29 [NBD]
OpenBSD 4.5     2009-05-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 7.2     2009-05-04 [FBD]
Mac OS X 10.6       2009-06-08 [APL]
NetBSD 5.0.1        2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
DragonFly 2.4.0     2009-09-16 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.6     2009-10-18 [OBD]
FreeBSD 8.0     2009-11-26 [FBD]
NetBSD 5.0.2        2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
FreeBSD 7.3     2010-03-23 [FBD]
DragonFly 2.6.0     2010-03-28 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.7     2010-05-19 [OBD]
FreeBSD 8.1     2010-07-24 [FBD]
DragonFly 2.8.2     2010-10-30 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.8     2010-11-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 5.1      2010-11-19 [NBD]
FreeBSD 7.4     2011-02-24 [FBD]
FreeBSD 8.2     2011-02-24 [FBD]
DragonFly 2.10.1    2011-04-26 [DFB]
OpenBSD 4.9     2011-05-01 [OBD]
Mac OS X 10.7       2011-07-20 [APL]
OpenBSD 5.0     2011-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 9.0     2012-01-12 [FBD]
NetBSD 5.1.2        2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
DragonFly 3.0.1     2012-02-21 [DFB]
FreeBSD 8.3     2012-04-18 [FBD]
OpenBSD 5.1     2012-05-01 [OBD]
Mac OS X 10.8       2012-07-25 [APL]
NetBSD 6.0      2012-10-17 [NBD]
OpenBSD 5.2     2012-11-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 3.2.1     2012-11-02 [DFB]
NetBSD 5.2      2012-12-03 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.0.1        2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
FreeBSD 9.1     2012-12-30 [FBD]
DragonFly 3.4.1     2013-04-29 [DFB]
OpenBSD 5.3     2013-05-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 6.0.2        2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
NetBSD 6.1      2013-05-18 [NBD]
FreeBSD 8.4     2013-06-07 [FBD]
NetBSD 6.1.1        2013-08-22 [NBD]
NetBSD 5.1.3        2013-09-29 [NBD]
NetBSD 5.2.1        2013-09-29 [NBD]
FreeBSD 9.2     2013-09-30 [FBD]
NetBSD 6.0.3        2013-09-30 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.1.2        2013-09-30 [NBD]
Mac OS X 10.9       2013-10-22 [APL]
OpenBSD 5.4     2013-11-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 3.6.0     2013-11-25 [DFB]
FreeBSD 10.0        2014-01-20 [FBD]
NetBSD 5.1.4        2014-01-25 [NBD]
NetBSD 5.2.2        2014-01-25 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.0.4        2014-01-25 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.1.3        2014-01-25 [NBD]
DragonFly 3.6.1     2014-02-22 [DFB]
DragonFly 3.6.2     2014-04-10 [DFB]
NetBSD 6.0.5        2014-04-12 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.1.4        2014-04-12 [NBD]
OpenBSD 5.5     2014-05-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 3.8.0     2014-06-04 [DFB]
DragonFly 3.8.1     2014-06-16 [DFB]
DragonFly 3.6.3     2014-06-17 [DFB]
FreeBSD 9.3     2014-07-05 [FBD]
DragonFly 3.8.2     2014-08-08 [DFB]
NetBSD 6.0.6        2014-09-22 [NBD]
NetBSD 6.1.5        2014-09-22 [NBD]
Mac OS X 10.10      2014-10-16 [APL]
OpenBSD 5.6     2014-11-01 [OBD]
FreeBSD 10.1        2014-11-14 [FBD]
DragonFly 4.0.1     2014-11-25 [DFB]
DragonFly 4.0.2     2015-01-07 [DFB]
DragonFly 4.0.3     2015-01-21 [DFB]
DragonFly 4.0.4     2015-03-09 [DFB]
DragonFly 4.0.5     2015-03-23 [DFB]
OpenBSD 5.7     2015-05-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 4.2.0     2015-06-29 [DFB]
FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
NetBSD 7.0      2015-09-25 [NBD]
OS X 10.11      2015-09-30 [APL]
OpenBSD 5.8     2015-10-18 [OBD]
DragonFly 4.4.1     2015-12-07 [DFB]
OpenBSD 5.9     2016-03-29 [OBD]
FreeBSD 10.3        2016-04-04 [FBD]
NetBSD 7.0.1        2016-05-22 [NBD]
DragonFly 4.6.0     2016-08-02 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.0     2016-09-01 [OBD]
macOS 10.12     2016-09-20 [APL]
FreeBSD 11.0        2016-10-10 [FBD]
NetBSD 7.0.2        2016-10-21 [NBD]
NetBSD 7.1      2017-03-11 [NBD]
DragonFly 4.8.0     2017-03-27 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.1     2017-04-11 [OBD]
FreeBSD 11.1        2017-07-26 [FBD]
macOS 10.13     2017-09-25 [APL]
FreeBSD 10.4        2017-10-03 [FBD]
OpenBSD 6.2     2017-10-09 [OBD]
DragonFly 5.0.0     2017-10-16 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.0.1     2017-11-06 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.0.2     2017-12-04 [DFB]
NetBSD 7.1.1        2017-12-22 [NBD]
NetBSD 7.1.2        2018-03-15 [NBD]
OpenBSD 6.3     2018-04-02 [OBD]
DragonFly 5.2.0     2018-04-10 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.2.1     2018-05-20 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.2.2     2018-06-18 [DFB]
FreeBSD 11.2        2018-06-27 [FBD]
NetBSD 8.0      2018-07-17 [NBD]
NetBSD 7.2      2018-08-29 [NBD]
macOS 10.14     2018-09-24 [APL]
OpenBSD 6.4     2018-10-18 [OBD]
DragonFly 5.4.0     2018-12-03 [DFB]
FreeBSD 12.0        2018-12-11 [FBD]
DragonFly 5.4.1     2018-12-24 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.5     2019-05-01 [OBD]
NetBSD 8.1      2019-06-04 [NBD]
DragonFly 5.6       2019-06-17 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.6.1     2019-06-19 [DFB]
FreeBSD 11.3        2019-07-09 [FBD]
DragonFly 5.6.2     2019-08-11 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.6     2019-10-17 [OBD]
macOS 10.15     2019-10-07 [APL]
macOS 10.15.1       2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
FreeBSD 12.1        2019-11-04 [FBD]
NetBSD 9.0      2020-02-14 [NBD]
DragonFly 5.8       2020-03-03 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.6.3     2020-03-11 [DFB]
NetBSD 8.2      2020-03-31 [NBD]
DragonFly 5.8.1     2020-05-06 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.7     2020-05-19 [OBD]
FreeBSD 11.4        2020-06-16 [FBD]
DragonFly 5.8.2     2020-09-23 [DFB]
DragonFly 5.8.3     2020-09-24 [DFB]
OpenBSD 6.8     2020-10-18 [OBD]
NetBSD 9.1      2020-10-18 [NBD]
FreeBSD 12.2        2020-10-27 [FBD]
macOS 11        2020-11-19 [APL]
FreeBSD 13.0        2021-04-13 [FBD]
OpenBSD 6.9     2021-05-01 [OBD]
DragonFly 6.0       2021-05-08 [DFB]
NetBSD 9.2      2021-05-12 [NBD]
DragonFly 6.0.1     2021-10-12 [DFB]
OpenBSD 7.0     2021-10-14 [OBD]
macOS 12        2021-10-25 [APL]
FreeBSD 12.3        2021-12-01 [FBD]
DragonFly 6.2.1     2022-01-09 [DFB]
OpenBSD 7.1     2022-04-21 [OBD]
FreeBSD 13.1        2022-05-17 [FBD]
DragonFly 6.2.2     2022-06-09 [DFB]
NetBSD 9.3      2022-08-04 [NBD]
OpenBSD 7.2     2022-10-20 [OBD]
macOS 13        2022-10-24 [APL]
FreeBSD 12.4        2022-12-05 [FBD]
DragonFly 6.4       2022-12-30 [DFB]
OpenBSD 7.3     2023-04-10 [OBD]
FreeBSD 13.2        2023-04-11 [FBD]
macOS 14        2023-09-26 [APL]
OpenBSD 7.4     2023-10-16 [OBD]
FreeBSD 14.0        2023-11-20 [FBD]

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  • James Howard: The BSD Family Tree URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html (“what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?”)

4. Acknowledgments

Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.

Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.

Copyright (c) 1997-2023 Wolfram Schneider wosch@FreeBSD.org

URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree

5. 历史版本

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