OpenBSD platforms

This document is meant to complement the OpenBSD's Hardware Plaforms page.

When possible, the platform names and release numbers are linked to their corresponding web page on the OpenBSD web site.

By release

This table helps you see the evolution of the various hardware platforms over all the CD set and FTP release produced by the OpenBSD project over the years.

Platforms marked with an * are only available via FTP. They were not part of the CD set for their release.

The OpenBSD mirror www.mirrorservice.org and ftp.lysator.liu.se have all the releases since the beginning. For recent releases, you may use any OpenBSD mirror.

\ release	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8	release /
platform \ year	96	97	97	98	98	99	99	00	00	01	01	02	02	03	03	04	04	05	05	06	06	07	07	08	08	09	09	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	year / platform
alpha		X	X	X	X	X	X			*	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	alpha
amd64																X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	amd64
amiga	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*																																															amiga
arc	*	X	X	X																																																								arc
arm64																																										*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	arm64
armish																					*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																					armish
armv7																																				*	*				*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	armv7
aviion																																				*	*	*																						aviion
beagle																																			*																									beagle
cats																*	*	*	*	*	*																																							cats
hp300			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																								hp300
hppa														*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	hppa
i386	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	i386
landisk																						*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	landisk
loongson																												*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	loongson
luna88k																	*	*	*	*	*	*										*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	luna88k
mac68k	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																																	mac68k
macppc											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	macppc
mvme68k	*	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																								mvme68k
mvme88k						*										*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																								mvme88k
octeon																																			*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	octeon
pmax		X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*																																																			pmax
powerpc				X	X	X			X	X																																																		powerpc
powerpc64																																																	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	powerpc64
riscv64																																																			*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	riscv64
sgi																		*	*	*	*	*		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*		*	*	*										sgi
socppc																									*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																			socppc
sparc	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	X	X	X	X																					sparc
sparc64											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	sparc64
sun3								*	X	X																																																		sun3
vax									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	X	*	*	*																					vax
zaurus																		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*																			zaurus
Release #:	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8
On CD:	0	8	9	10	8	7	6	6	9	9	10	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:	6	8	9	10	9	9	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	20	21	18	17	16	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

By Support level

Not every arch is supported at the same level.

For OpenBSD 7.8:

Arch	Stable Base OS Binary Patches (2 releases) ¹	Stable Port Binary Patches (2 releases) ¹	Release Binary Ports	# Port Packages	Modern Compiler clang 19	Archaic Compiler gcc 4/3 ²	Last Hardware built? ³
amd64	✓	✓	✓	12,651	✓
i386	✓	✓	✓	10,457	✓
arm64	✓		✓	12,506	✓
armv7			✓	8,903	✓
macppc			✓	10,073	✓		~2002
octeon			✓	8,484	✓
powerpc64			✓	9,698	✓
riscv64			✓	10,593	✓
sparc64			✓	9,088	✓	✓	~2017
loongson					✓
alpha						✓	~2004
hppa						✓	~2005
landisk						✓
luna88k						✓	~1992

Notes:
1. OpenBSD supports the 2 latest release and do 2 releases a year. Giving you at most 1.5 year of support for the newest one at release date.
2. OpenBSD self-host all their platforms. Cross-compiling is reserved for jump-starting new archs. On one side, you get a compiler chain that is well tested, debugged and works. But without a modern compiler, a lots of ports aren't available. These archs do not have the CPU power, memory or simply upstream supports by clang/gcc to move to a modern tool chain.
3. Estimates. Might be last time the hardware was sold or last time a major CPU release was made.

By CPU architecture

This table is based on the MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH #define in the various /usr/src/sys/arch/*/include/param.h files.

It only contains the platforms still in OpenBSD's current CVS tree.

arch	platforms
aarch64	arm64
alpha	alpha
amd64	amd64
arm	armv7
hppa	hppa
i386	i386
m88k	luna88k
mips64	octeon
mips64el	loongson
powerpc	macppc
powerpc64	powerpc64
riscv64	riscv64
sh	landisk
sparc64	sparc64
14	14