PacBSD

PacBSD (formerly known as Arch BSD^[1]) was an operating system based on Arch Linux, but used the FreeBSD kernel instead of the Linux kernel^[2] and the GNU userland. The PacBSD project began on an Arch Linux forum thread^[3] in April 2012. It aimed to provide an Arch-like user environment, utilizing the OpenRC init system, the pacman package manager, and rolling-release.

PacBSD
OS family	Unix-like (BSD)
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Open source
Latest release	(Rolling release) / August 14, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-14)
Marketing target	General purpose
Update method	pacman
Package manager	pacman
Supported platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	Command-line interface
License	Free software (FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License)
Official website	pacbsd.org at the Wayback Machine (archived December 18, 2023)

See also

• Arch Hurd: A similar project with GNU/Hurd as its base
• Arch Linux
• FreeBSD