OS Distribution Release OpenBSD 7.8
OpenBSD 7.8, the 59th release of OpenBSD, is available as a netboot install.
This version of OpenBSD will be supported the OpenBSD Project until the 8.0 release in November 2026.1
Notable ports and packages available with this release:
- CMake 3.31.8
- Emacs 30.2
- FFmpeg 6.1.3
- GCC 8.4.0 and 11.2.0
- GHC 9.8.3
- Go 1.25.1
- JDK 8u462, 11.0.28, 17.0.16, 21.0.8 and 25.0.0
- LLVM/Clang 19.1.7, 20.1.8 and 21.1.2
- Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4, 5.3.6 and 5.4.7
- MariaDB 11.4.7
- Mono 6.12.0.199
- Mutt 2.2.15 and NeoMutt 20250905
- Node.js 22.20.0
- OCaml 4.14.2
- OpenLDAP 2.6.10
- PHP 8.2.29, 8.3.26 and 8.4.13
- Postfix 3.5.25 and 3.10.1
- PostgreSQL 17.6
- Python 2.7.18 and 3.12.11
- R 4.5.1
- Ruby 3.2.9, 3.3.9 and 3.4.6
- Rust 1.90.0
- SQLite 3.50.4
- Sudo 1.9.17p2
- Suricata 7.0.7
- Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.16
- TeX Live 2025
- Vim 9.1.1706 and Neovim 0.11.4
Installation
You can install OpenBSD 7.8 via the VPS Console using option #6 (set bootloader, rescue mode, or netboot installer), followed by option #4 (Netboot installers) and selecting “OpenBSD 7.8”.
From there, return to the main menu and use option #2 (create/start, opens OOB console) to boot in to the netboot installer. The installation procedure can then be followed. A full console recording of the OpenBSD 7.8 installation is shown here:
For further details installing OpenBSD 7.8, read the installation notes.
After the install is complete, use option #6 (set bootloader, rescue mode, or netboot installer) to boot from disk and reboot your virtual machine: