On occasion we are asked “how big are the FreeBSD package sets?” Here are some recent data as derived from du -sk on ftp-master.
| arch | packages-7-stable | packages-8-stable | packages-9-stable | packages-10-current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 34559122 | 35434340 | 33712462 | 2 |
| i386 | 34219542 | 35256090 | 34766754 | 2 |
| ia64 | 19908460 | 2 | 2 | |
| powerpc | 20109214 | 20230168 | 2 | |
| sparc64 | 18638956 | 18909510 | 18566870 | 2 |
You can also see the upload status on portsmon.
See also DistfilesSize.