PackageSystemsComparison [FreeBSD WIKI]

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==== 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 | [[http://www.pkgsrc.org/|main URL]] | [[http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports|main URL]] | [[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html|main URL]] | TBA | [[http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/index.xml|main URL]] | [[http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages|main URL]] |
| Source tree | [[http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/|CVSWeb]] | [[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/|CVSWeb]] | [[http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/|CVSWeb]] | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Search tool | [[http://pkgsrc.se/search.php|search tool]] | [[http://www.freebsd.org/ports/searching.html|search tool]] | TBA | TBA | TBA | [[http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages|search tool]] |
| Number of packages | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Growth graph | [[http://pkgsrc.se/statistics.php|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 [[http://portsmon.freebsd.org/|portsmon]] and [[http://www.freshports.org/categories.php|FreshPorts]].

==== See also ====

PackageSystemsMerging

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{{tag>Ports Packages}}