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FreeNAS
Where Open Storage Began

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October 2021

FreeNAS & TrueNAS Unification Complete

October 2020

TrueNAS 12.0 CORE is released and

becomes the standard upgrade path for
FreeNAS 11.3

July 2020

TrueNAS SCALE, a scale-out Linux-based

project based on TrueNAS CORE, is
announced.

March 2020

TrueNAS Open Storage is revealed

creating TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS
Enterprise

March 2020

iXsystems announces unification of

FreeNAS and TrueNAS code base in
TrueNAS 12.0.

May 2019

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TrueCommand 1.0 is released to provide a

single pane of glass management for
FreeNAS and TrueNAS.

June 2018

FreeNAS 11.2 introduces iocage,

modernizing the jail infrastructure

May 2017

iXsystems announces the release of

FreeNAS 11 with a new graphical interface.

March 2015

FreeNAS 9.10 adds support for the bhyve

hypervisor, enabling VMs

October 2013

TrueNAS, the enterprise appliance edition

of FreeNAS with high availability (HA), is
released.

July 2012

Modern “Jail” and Plugin Architecture Arrives in Version 8.2

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January 2010

FreeNAS adds OpenZFS (ZFS) support

September 2009

Olivier Cochard-Labbé asks iXsystems to

continue the development of FreeNAS.
iXsystems takes over and invests in the
project.

October 2005

FreeNAS Created by Olivier Cochard-

Labbé and based on FreeBSD

FreeNAS® first made the leap onto the internet in 2005 and over the
last decade, has become a household name with over 10 million
downloads and 1 million deployments worldwide. For many years,
FreeNAS and TrueNAS® grew alongside each other at iXsystems®—
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FreeNAS as the community-supported software edition and TrueNAS

as the enterprise edition for mission-critical storage applications. The
two were maintained separately despite having much in common,
including a near-identical codebase.
In 2019, we decided to unify both projects under the TrueNAS Open
Storage name. FreeNAS is now known as TrueNAS CORE and what
was previously known as “TrueNAS” is now TrueNAS Enterprise. This
naming convention and distribution strategy allows us to innovate
rapidly by consolidating our efforts behind one downloadable image
and product family.
Although the FreeNAS name has changed to TrueNAS, our
commitment remains the same: to build the best Open Source storage
operating system that millions can rely on daily to protect their most
important data.
We’re proud to say that the same code and technology behind
FreeNAS will always be at the core of TrueNAS, providing the same
features that you know and love and much more. Although FreeNAS
will take on a less prominent role moving forward, the heritage and
spirit will always remain in making TrueNAS CORE the world’s best
Free NAS. Older legacy downloads of FreeNAS are available at the
bottom of this webpage, although new feature updates will only take
place on TrueNAS.
TrueNAS CORE will always be completely Open Source and free.
TrueNAS Enterprise and iXsystems support are available for more
critical storage applications.
The upgrade from FreeNAS to TrueNAS CORE is as simple as clicking
a button in the UI. The upgrade is free and the software is still Open
Source. If you haven’t joined the open storage revolution yet,
download TrueNAS CORE and get started today!

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