OpenZFS
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OpenZFS is an open-source storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems and volume manager. It includes protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, snapshots and copy-on-write clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, encryption, remote replication with ZFS send and receive, and RAID-Z. Linux and FreeBSD are officially supported, with plans to support macOS in the future.
| Release | Released | Active support | LTS support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 10 months ago (17 Oct 2024)
|
Yes | Yes |
2.3.4
(25 Aug 2025)
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| 2.2 | 2 years ago (27 Jul 2023)
|
Ended
7 months ago (13 Jan 2025)
|
Yes |
2.2.8
(12 Jun 2025)
|
| 2.1 | 4 years ago (19 Apr 2021)
|
Ended
1 year and 10 months ago (12 Oct 2023)
|
Ended
7 months ago (13 Jan 2025)
|
2.1.16
(06 Dec 2024)
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| 2.0 | 4 years and 9 months ago (30 Nov 2020)
|
Ended
4 years ago (02 Jul 2021)
|
Ended
3 years and 8 months ago (23 Dec 2021)
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2.0.7
(23 Dec 2021)
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| 0.8 | 6 years ago (21 May 2019)
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Ended
4 years and 8 months ago (14 Dec 2020)
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Ended
4 years and 8 months ago (14 Dec 2020)
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0.8.6
(14 Dec 2020)
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Release branches
OpenZFS maintains two release branches corresponding to the latest two MAJOR.MINOR releases: OpenZFS current and OpenZFS LTS.
OpenZFS current tracks the latest MAJOR.MINOR release.
This branch receive active support for the latest OpenZFS features and recently releases kernels.
OpenZFS LTS tracks the second latest MAJOR.MINOR release.
This branch may get minor updates, but won’t receive support for newer kernels or features.
Officially supported distributions
These distributions have repositories provided directly by the OpenZFS community. While other distributions likely will work, they are not frequently tested and may exhibit issues.
Supported kernels
Every Linux release includes a range of supported kernels. Point releases are tagged as needed in order to support the stable kernel available from kernel.org.
| Release | Linux | FreeBSD |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 4.18 - 6.15 | 13.3+, 14.0+ |
| 2.2 | 4.18 - 6.15 | 13.3+, 14.0+ |
| 2.1 | 3.10 - 6.7 | 12.2+ |
| 2.0 | 3.10 - 5.15 | 12.2+ |
| 0.8 | 2.6.32 - 5.9 | N/A |
More information is available on the OpenZFS website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
zpool get version [zpool name]
Show Product Identifiers
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repology:
openzfs -
cpe:
cpe:/a:openzfs:openzfs -
cpe:
cpe:2.3:a:openzfs:openzfs
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