February 25, 2026
Written as part of the FreeBSD Project’s 4th Quarter 2025 Status Report, check out the highlights of what we did to help FreeBSD last quarter:
The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to advancing FreeBSD through both technical and non-technical support. Funded entirely by donations, the Foundation supports software development, infrastructure, security, and collaboration efforts; organizes events and developer summits; provides educational resources; and represents the FreeBSD Project in legal matters.
Here are some of the ways we supported FreeBSD in the fourth quarter of 2025.
OS Improvements
Throughout the quarter, there were 346 src, 72 ports, and 58 doc commits sponsored by the FreeBSD Foundation.
Refer to the following report entries describing much of that committed development work:
Other highlights include:
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A new kqueue1(KQUEUE_CPONFORK) facility to copy kqueue into the child on fork
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exterror(9) infrastructure for asynchronous io and geom
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libuvmem(3) usermode port of vmem(9)
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Fixes for anonymous memory corruption
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Fine-grained support for groups and manual page MFCed to 14
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Bug fixes
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MAC system reviews
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Kick-off of S4 (hibernate) support
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Background work on VFS (in particular supporting unionfs changes)
The Foundation also continued to support two major initiatives: the Laptop Support and Usability project (in collaboration with Quantum Leap Research) and an infrastructure modernization project commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency. For background on both efforts, see the 2025Q1 quarterly status report.
We began preparing for FreeBSD’s 22nd consecutive participation in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). Those interested in contributing project ideas or mentoring are encouraged to contact soc-admins@FreeBSD.org.
Continuous Integration and Workflow Improvement
As part of our continued support of the FreeBSD Project, the Foundation supports a full-time staff member dedicated to improving the Project’s continuous integration system and test infrastructure.
Advocacy
In the fourth quarter of 2025, our advocacy work focused on expanding our educational video content, reaching more viewers than ever, bringing the community together for a productive Vendor Summit, and reflecting on the work that is helping sustain and grow interest in FreeBSD. Here are just a few of the ways the Foundation advocated for FreeBSD in Q4 2025:
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The November 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, took place November 6–7, 2025, in San Jose, CA. You can watch the Summit recap on our FreeBSD Meetings channel here.
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Secured our Media Partnership and booth for SCALE 23x
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Secured our Promotional Partner sponsorship for the Code and Compliance Workshop co-located with FOSDEM, taking place January 29, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium
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Applied and was accepted to have a stand at FOSDEM, taking place January 31 — February 1, 2026. We will share the stand with the Illumos folks.
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Signed for a Silver level sponsorship to AsiaBSDCon26 taking place March 19 — 22, 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Published the following blogs and videos to help to inform and educate the community:
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Published the September 2025, November 2025 and December 2025 FreeBSD Foundation Newsletters.
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Released the July/August/September issue of the FreeBSD Journal with HTML versions of the articles.
Continuous Integration and Workflow Improvement
The Foundation supports a full-time staff member dedicated to improving the Project’s continuous integration system and test infrastructure.
Legal/FreeBSD IP
The Foundation owns the FreeBSD trademarks, and it is our responsibility to protect them. We also provide legal support for the core team to investigate questions that arise.
Go to https://freebsdfoundation.org to find more about how we support FreeBSD and how we can help you!