A simple, lightweight distribution

You've reached the website for PacBSD, a lightweight and flexible BSDĀ® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 architectures. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day. Our strong community is diverse and helpful, and we pride ourselves on the range of skillsets and uses for Arch that stem from it. Please check out our forums and mailing lists to get your feet wet. Also glance through our wiki if you want to learn more about Arch.

  • by Anthony Donnelly
  • 2015-05-19

Project Name Change

Over the next few days we will be migrating to a new name for the project. Due to potential trademark issues with using ArchBSD and our current logo. We have decided to rename the project.

The new name can currently be used to browser the website, but our current certificates only work with ArchBSD.net, so there will be warnings when browsing with https. We will have to wait a few days before our new certificate will be generated to work with *.pacbsd.org.

The Organization on git has been updated and can be found: PacBSD

After the migration to our new name PacBSD we will be switching to a new website and new logo.

  • by Anthony Donnelly
  • 2014-09-14

2 Years of ArchBSD

Well ArchBSD has been around for 2 years now. To view a complete list of what has been acheived in that time view the following:

2 Years of ArchBSD

  • by Claudiu Traistaru
  • 2014-05-27

New iso and img for i686 and x86_64

New ISO`s (still experimental ) are available on the ftp. Have fun and try to provide feedback using our irc channel #archbsd available on irc.freenode.net or the forum http.

  • by Claudiu Traistaru
  • 2014-05-07

New ISO 2014-05-05 (now with i686!)

New ISO`s (still experimental ) are available on the ftp. We support i686 architecture now.Have fun and try to provide feedback.

  • by Anthony Donnelly
  • 2013-12-26

New ISO 2013-12-25

New ISO is available for download:

The ISO can be found on our ftp servers.

Currently no installer is available. Few fixes of the iso include.

/root /mnt /boot are now read / write, which should fix zfs installation issues, and allow importing of future keyrings.

Packages have been updated to the latest version, including FreeBSD 10 for better hardware support.

Older News

2013-07-12
New Install 2013-07-12
2013-06-01
FreeBSD World Split
2013-05-14
Moving Servers
2013-05-05
New Install 2013-05-03
2013-03-05
Help Keep The Project Alive
2013-02-22
ISO Now Available for Testers
2013-01-31
TODO List
2013-01-24
Site Is Still Under Construction
2013-01-21
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Recent Updates (more)

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python-asciinema 0.9.7-2 any
translate-toolkit 1.10.0-1 any
java-jline 1.0-3 any
python-werkzeug 0.9.4-3 any
python-cssselect 0.9.1-3 any

Help & Support

While our community is still growing, you can get involved by visiting our IRC channels on irc.freenode.net in the rooms #archbsd and #archbsd-dev Please also check out our forums and mailing lists to get your feet wet. Also glance through our wiki if you want to learn more about Arch.