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[H1] The NetBSD Project

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like
Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide
range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful
desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.

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[H2] 11.0 RC4 available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the fourth
» release candidate «
of the upcoming 11.0 release!

[H2] Get NetBSD
NetBSD 10.1, released on December 16, 2024.
» Release Notes

CPU
Machines
Install media

amd64
64-bit x86-family machines with AMD or Intel CPUs
USB image,
CD

arm
ARM systems like Raspberry Pi, PINE64, ODROID,
"ServerReady" machines
more

Various boards,
original RPi

i386
32-bit x86-family generic machines
USB image,
CD

mips
MIPS systems like EdgeRouter, Loongson, Malta

octeon,
mips64el,
mipsel

powerpc
PowerPC systems like Nintendo Wii, DHT Walnut, RouterBOARD

wii,
others

sparc64
Sun UltraSPARC
CD

others
Amiga, Alpha, Apple PowerPC/68K, Dreamcast, SPARC32, VAX,
more architectures
various

A signed list of hashes for the NetBSD 10.1 distribution.
The NetBSD Security Officer's
PGP key used to sign the list of hashes.

[H2] Donate

Donations to The NetBSD Foundation allow the project to purchase
build hardware and fund development.
Some recently funded projects are:

arm64 package build server
Wi-Fi renewal
LLDB and upstream LLVM support
ptrace and GDB improvements
Please consider donating if you would like to see more of this work:

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[H2] Latest News (RSS)

NetBSD 11.0 RC4 available12 May 2026
New Developer in April 202601 May 2026
NetBSD 11.0 RC3 available04 Apr 2026
NetBSD 11.0 RC2 available04 Mar 2026

[H3] Upcoming Events

BSDCan 2026, Ottawa, CanadaJun 2026
EuroBSDcon 2026, Brussels, BelgiumSep 2026

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[H1] Donations to The NetBSD Foundation
[H2] Fund Drive
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Your donation to the NetBSD Foundation allows the project to make major
improvements to the code base. We would like to continue funded development in
various areas of the system, including:
Improving network stack concurrency and performance.
Development of modern file systems and improvement of
existing ones.
Features which are useful in embedded environments,
for example, high resolution timers and execute in place (XIP) support.
Automatic testing and quality assurance.
We are inviting the NetBSD community and organizations using NetBSD to
help us in achieving these goals. This fundraising drive is an excellent
opportunity for everyone to contribute to the NetBSD project and to help
us improve NetBSD.
Please read below for more information how
to donate. Thank you for supporting the NetBSD project!
[H2] Why donations are important
The NetBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization that produces open
source software, and has Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) status.
This means that it has no regular source of income, instead it is
relying on generous donations from third parties.
Funding for the NetBSD Foundation comes from a variety of sources.
Organizations and individuals interested in NetBSD contribute money,
hardware and rack space to support important NetBSD Foundation services,
and to enable developers to support new hardware platforms and peripherals.
It's important to understand that every donation matters. Without servers
and rack space at colocation facilities, we would not be able to provide
high-quality services such as regular builds and the various web and
FTP services to our developers and users. Without donations of development
hardware, we would not be able to support the huge range of
platforms and
peripherals we do today. Promotional work
at events enables us to present our work to others and acquire new
developers and users. Each of these functions is important to the ongoing
health of the NetBSD Foundation.
So, whether you're a Fortune 100 company shipping NetBSD in a product, a
company running your web server on NetBSD, a home user with NetBSD on your
desktop, or just someone who thinks NetBSD is cool — or all four
— please consider donating something to the NetBSD Foundation.
There are, of course, other ways that both individuals and
organizations can contribute to
The NetBSD Foundation.
[H2] Making a donation to The NetBSD Foundation
[H3] Individuals
Individuals who donate to the NetBSD foundation can have their
name, website and email address displayed on the NetBSD website.
[H3] Corporate Sponsorship
The NetBSD Foundation has recognized the generosity of our
corporate sponsors and are pleased to offer them the following
options when donating to NetBSD.
Silver Sponsorship ($100 up to $1,000)
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Contact email address
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Platinum Sponsorship ($5,001 and more)
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Contact email address
Company logo (size not exceeding 350×500 pixels)
For companies that donate $10,001 and above, in addition to the
benefits listed, your logo will be displayed on the home page of
NetBSD.org. Where more than
one company takes this offer up, the logos will be rotated every
24 hours.
[H3] How to donate
To send money via PayPal use this button link:
You do not need to have a PayPal account to send money to NetBSD. You can use
a credit card on PayPal's site to send funds directly to the NetBSD PayPal
account, or you can use funds from your own PayPal account if you have one.
The PayPal address for NetBSD is <paypal@NetBSD.org>.
You may donate directly with a credit card using Stripe Checkout
If you would prefer not to use either of these methods, you can
mail a cheque or do a bank transfer. Please contact
<finance-exec@NetBSD.org> for address and account
details.
All donations to the NetBSD Foundation are fully
tax-deductible in the US!
[H3] Donation Policy
The NetBSD Foundation has a policy of acknowledging donors on their
web pages (see below). After we receive your donation, we will
send you an acknowledgment letter, containing a confirmation section
for the IRS and a small questionnaire about how you wish your entry
to appear on the donor web pages in accordance with the level of
sponsorship selected.
Gold and Platinum sponsors will need to provide their logo in
JPEG format in the following size range (X×Y):
Gold: logo size no larger than 150×350
pixels
Platinum: logo size no larger than 350×500
pixels
Platinum
(more than $10,000):
additional logo for index page size no larger than 150×150
pixels.
If you have any questions about the donation process or if you want or
don't want your name to be added to the list of
contributors, please let us know at
<finance-exec@NetBSD.org>.
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