freebsd/freebsd-ports resource
FreeBSD ports tree (read-only mirror) observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5578
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1198 stars · 869 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The FreeBSD Ports Collection, a large tree of Makefiles and metadata for building and installing third-party software on FreeBSD from source. This repository is the read-only GitHub mirror of the official ports tree, updated with regular releases.
Use cases
- build software from source on freebsd
- find and install packages on freebsd
- browse available freebsd ports
- contribute a new port to freebsd
- search ports by name or keyword
- maintain a freebsd package
When to choose
- you run FreeBSD and want fine-grained control over build options when installing software
- you want to package or port new software for FreeBSD
- you need the canonical, up-to-date collection of FreeBSD port recipes
When to avoid
- you just want prebuilt binary packages without compiling (use pkg instead)
- you are on Linux, macOS, or another non-FreeBSD operating system
- you need a general-purpose package manager for a non-BSD platform
Facets
infra-config · maturity stable
package-manager build-tool developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems bsd cli freebsd ports-tree makefile package-recipes bsd-packages source-based-packaging command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports · fetched 2026-09-03 · ae11a628ebfe
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| freebsd/freebsd-ports | main | 77 |
For agents
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