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[[install]]
= Get FreeBSD
The FreeBSD Operating System is available for installation via images on this page or directly from cloud vendors.
Please read the link:{handbook}bsdinstall/[**installation guide**] before downloading an image.
For general information about past, present and future releases, see link:../releases/[Release Information].
[[choose-version]]
[[choose-arch]]
== Choosing an Architecture
[[install]]
[[past]]
= Get FreeBSD
Most users of FreeBSD will have hardware for **amd64** or **aarch64**. These architectures are well-supported.
The FreeBSD Operating System is available via images on this page or directly from cloud vendors.
Please read the link:{handbook}bsdinstall/[**installation guide**] before downloading an image.
Most modern PCs, including those with Intel(R) processors, use **amd64**.
For information on supported architectures, see the link:../platforms/#_supported_platforms[Platforms page].
Embedded devices and single-board computers (SBCs) such as the Raspberry Pi 3 and 4, ESPRESSObin, as well as many Allwinner and Rockchip boards, use **aarch64**.
For all other architectures, please see the link:../platforms/#_supported_platforms[table of supported platforms].
For general information about past, present and future releases, see link:../releases/[Release Information]
or the http://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/[Historical Release Archive].
[[choose-image]]
== Choosing an Image
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[[download]]
== Production Quality
`RELEASE` versions of FreeBSD are the end result of _release engineering_ and are recommended for most users.
Production Releases are the latest supported versions produced by link:../releng[Release Engineering] for new installations.
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=== FreeBSD {rel150-current}-RELEASE
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== Production Quality (legacy)
== Legacy Production Quality
Some FreeBSD `RELEASEs` are supported but are older or built from older `STABLE` branches; these are considered "legacy" and are probably only of interest to people maintaining existing systems on FreeBSD.
Legacy Production Releases are previous releases still under support for maintaining existing installations.
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=== FreeBSD {rel143-current}-RELEASE
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[[helptest]]
== Development and Testing
Pre-`RELEASE` versions of FreeBSD, not intended for use in production environments:
* `CURRENT` – the main branch, the core of development
* `STABLE` – branched from `CURRENT`, long-term preparations for release engineering
* release engineering – `ALPHA`, `BETA`, release candidates (`RC`) – branched from `STABLE`.
Uppercase has special meaning. For example:
* a first _beta release_ is not a (production) `RELEASE`.
The word `CURRENT` is sometimes a source of confusion:
* if you are looking for the _current version_ of FreeBSD, you most likely want a `RELEASE` version (see above) – **not** `CURRENT` – `CURRENT` has special meaning in the development process.
[[download-snapshots]]
== Development Snapshots
See link:../snapshots/[FreeBSD Snapshot Releases].
link:../snapshots/[Development snapshot images] are provided for testing experimental features and regressions.
* `CURRENT` images are weekly snapshots built for testing the bleeding-edge main development branch.
* `STABLE` images are weekly snapshots built for testing what will become pre-release images.
* `ALPHA`, `BETA`, and release candidates (`RC`) are pre-release images, please test these if available.
Please read the link:{handbook}cutting-edge/#current-stable[**development tracking guide**] before downloading one of these images.
=== FreeBSD {rel-head}-CURRENT
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For information about how _you_ can contribute _your_ favorite piece of software to the Collection, have a look at _link:{porters-handbook}[The Porter's Handbook]_ and _link:{contributing}[Contributing to FreeBSD]_.
[[past]]
== Archives
http://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/[Past releases] of FreeBSD.
[[fastly]]
== Fastly CDN