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#14 of 29
Score
5.8
NetBSD's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about NetBSD, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From NetBSD's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

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NetBSDFreeFree and open-source operating system · available for a wide range of hardware platforms

The facts

Each one read from NetBSD's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Default services
The project says services default to their most secure settings and no services are enabled by default on new installations.checked 11 Oct 2026
Development release limit
NetBSD-current has less testing than formal releases and is aimed at developers, experienced testers, and early adopters; the project advises avoiding it on production systems where possible.checked 11 Oct 2026
Documentation
The official documentation site links to installation and administration guides, manual pages, FAQs, and HOWTOs.checked 11 Oct 2026
Hardware reach
NetBSD is available for platforms ranging from servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
Latest release
NetBSD 11.0 is the latest formal release listed on the releases page.checked 11 Oct 2026
Package management
pkgsrc is NetBSD’s package build and management system, and pkgin is a user-friendly binary package manager for pkgsrc.checked 11 Oct 2026
Release support
Formal releases provide a stable, supported platform for production, while older unsupported releases do not receive bug fixes, including security fixes.checked 11 Oct 2026
Security features
Listed security features include IPsec, the NPF firewall, Veriexec file integrity, kernel authorization, disk encryption, W^X, and userland and kernel ASLR.checked 11 Oct 2026
Security response
The Security Team, Security Alert Team, and Security Officer investigate, document, and update code in response to reported security issues.checked 11 Oct 2026
Storage
NetBSD includes ZFS, the RAIDframe software RAID system, cgd disk encryption, and Logical Volume Manager support.checked 11 Oct 2026
Virtualization
NetBSD supports Xen and its native NVMM hypervisor, which provides hardware acceleration for QEMU.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
It provides an integrated UNIX-like system for professionals, hobbyists, and researchers to use and redistribute.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it is
NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, highly portable Unix-like open-source operating system.checked 11 Oct 2026

The company

Founded
1993checked 28 Sep 2026

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