packagesystemscomparison

Comparison of FreeBSD ports with other systems

This is a meta-page for comparing and contrasting FreeBSD ports with various alternatives.

Main cross-reference

Subject	pkgsrc	(FreeBSD) ports	(OpenBSD) ports	mports	Portage	dpkg/rpm + apt
Used by OSes	NetBSD, DragonflyBSD	FreeBSD	OpenBSD	MidnightBSD	Gentoo, Sabayon	Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Redhat
Main URL	main URL	main URL	main URL	TBA	main URL	main URL
Source tree	CVSWeb	CVSWeb	CVSWeb	TBA	TBA	TBA
Search tool	search tool	search tool	TBA	TBA	TBA	search tool
Number of packages	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Growth graph	growth	growth (stale)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

More details:

PackageSystemsFeatureComparison contains the feature comparison.
PackageCategoriesOnOtherSystems contains the categories comparison.

Notes:

TBA = To Be Added. Contributions welcome.
More recent counts of current FreeBSD ports may be found on portsmon and FreshPorts.

See also

PackageSystemsMerging

Ports, Packages