freebsd end of life dates — full support timeline
83 of 88 tracked freebsd releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.1 | 2026-06-16 | 2027-03-31 | — | supported |
| 14.4 | 2026-03-10 | 2026-12-31 | — | ends soon |
| 15 | 2025-12-02 | 2029-12-31 | — | supported |
| 15.0 | 2025-12-02 | 2026-09-30 | — | ends soon |
| 14.3 | 2025-06-10 | 2026-06-30 | — | ended |
| 13.5 | 2025-03-11 | 2026-04-30 | — | ended |
| 14.2 | 2024-12-03 | 2025-09-30 | — | ended |
| 13.4 | 2024-09-17 | 2025-06-30 | — | ended |
| 14.1 | 2024-06-04 | 2025-03-31 | — | ended |
| 13.3 | 2024-03-05 | 2024-12-31 | — | ended |
| 14.0 | 2023-11-20 | 2024-09-30 | — | ended |
| 14 | 2023-11-20 | 2028-11-30 | — | supported |
| 13.2 | 2023-04-11 | 2024-06-30 | — | ended |
| 12.4 | 2022-12-05 | 2023-12-31 | — | ended |
| 13.1 | 2022-05-16 | 2023-07-31 | — | ended |
| 12.3 | 2021-12-07 | 2023-03-31 | — | ended |
| 13.0 | 2021-04-13 | 2022-08-31 | — | ended |
| 13 | 2021-04-13 | 2026-04-30 | — | ended |
| 12.2 | 2020-10-27 | 2022-03-31 | — | ended |
| 11.4 | 2020-06-16 | 2021-09-30 | — | ended |
| 12.1 | 2019-11-04 | 2021-01-31 | — | ended |
| 11.3 | 2019-07-09 | 2020-09-30 | — | ended |
| 12.0 | 2018-12-11 | 2020-02-29 | — | ended |
| 12 | 2018-12-11 | 2023-12-31 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported freebsd release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/freebsd, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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