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{{Infobox OS
{{Infobox OS
| name = Darwin
| name = Darwin
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| developer = [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
| family = [[Unix-like]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/Architecture/Architecture.html|title=Kernel Architecture Overview|work=Kernel Programming Guide|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509231018/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/Architecture/Architecture.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/master/README.md |title=darwin-xnu/README.md at master |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331153214/https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/master/README.md |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[FreeBSD]],<ref name="apple_bsd_overview">{{Cite web |year=2002 |title=Apple BSD Overview |url=https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/BSD/BSD.html |access-date=January 1, 2002 |publisher=Apple |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107021823/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/BSD/BSD.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[BSD]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/faq.html |title=Apple - Public Source - Darwin FAQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041119063203/http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/faq.html |archive-date=November 19, 2004 |access-date=August 9, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| family = [[Unix-like]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/Architecture/Architecture.html|title=Kernel Architecture Overview|work=Kernel Programming Guide|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509231018/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/Architecture/Architecture.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/master/README.md |title=darwin-xnu/README.md at master |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331153214/https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/master/README.md |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[FreeBSD]],<ref name="apple_bsd_overview">{{Cite web |year=2002 |title=Apple BSD Overview |url=https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/BSD/BSD.html |access-date=January 1, 2002 |publisher=Apple |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107021823/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/BSD/BSD.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[BSD]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/faq.html |title=Apple - Public Source - Darwin FAQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041119063203/http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/faq.html |archive-date=November 19, 2004 |access-date=August 9, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| source_model = currently [[open source software|open source]] with [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] components,{{cn|date=July 2023}} previously [[Open-source software|open source]]
| source_model = currently [[open source software|open source]] with [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] components,{{cn|date=July 2023}} previously [[Open-source software|open source]]
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| working_state = Current
| working_state = Current
| website = {{URL|https://opensource.apple.com/releases/}}
| website = {{URL|https://opensource.apple.com/releases/}}
| latest release version = 24.0.0
| latest release version = 25.0.0
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2024|09|16}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2025|09|15}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macOS}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macOS}}
| influenced by = [[NeXTSTEP]], [[FreeBSD]], [[BSD]]
| influenced by = [[NeXTSTEP]], [[FreeBSD]], [[BSD]]
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{{macOS topics}}
{{macOS topics}}


'''Darwin''' is the core [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] of [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[watchOS]], [[tvOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[audioOS]], [[visionOS]], and [[bridgeOS]]. It previously existed as an independent [[open-source software|open-source]] operating system, first released by [[Apple Inc.]] in 2000. It is composed of code derived from [[NeXTSTEP]], [[FreeBSD]]<ref name="apple_bsd_overview" /> and other [[BSD]] operating systems,<ref>{{Cite book |title=NeXTstep Concepts |publisher=[[NeXT]] |chapter=1. System Overview |chapter-url=https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nd/Concepts/Pre3.0_Concepts/01_SysOver.htmld/index.html |access-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121155935/https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nd/Concepts/Pre3.0_Concepts/01_SysOver.htmld/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mach (kernel)|Mach]], and other [[free software]] projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple. Darwin's unofficial mascot is Hexley the Platypus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hexley.com/ |title=Homepage of Hexley the DarwinOS Mascot}}</ref>
'''Darwin''' is the core [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] of [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[watchOS]], [[tvOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[audioOS]], [[visionOS]], and [[bridgeOS]]. It previously existed as an independent [[open-source software|open-source]] operating system, first released by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] in 2000. It is composed of code derived from [[NeXTSTEP]], [[FreeBSD]]<ref name="apple_bsd_overview" /> and other [[BSD]] operating systems,<ref>{{Cite book |title=NeXTstep Concepts |publisher=[[NeXT]] |chapter=1. System Overview |chapter-url=https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nd/Concepts/Pre3.0_Concepts/01_SysOver.htmld/index.html |access-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121155935/https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nd/Concepts/Pre3.0_Concepts/01_SysOver.htmld/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mach (kernel)|Mach]], and other [[free software]] projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple. Darwin's unofficial mascot is Hexley the Platypus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hexley.com/ |title=Homepage of Hexley the DarwinOS Mascot}}</ref>


Darwin is mostly [[POSIX]]-compatible, but has never, by itself, been certified as compatible with any version of POSIX. Starting with [[Mac OS X Leopard|Leopard]], macOS has been certified as compatible with the [[Single UNIX Specification]] version 3 (SUSv3).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mac OS X Leopard - Technology - UNIX|url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/technology/unix.html|work=Leopard Technology Overview|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227000710/http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/unix.html|archive-date=December 27, 2008|quote=Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=The Open Group|title=Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification|url=http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm|date=May 18, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025142525/https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3632.htm| title=macOS version 10.13 High Sierra on Intel-based Mac computers| publisher=The Open Group| access-date=November 19, 2017| archive-date=September 28, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928150433/https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3632.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>
Darwin is mostly [[POSIX]]-compatible, but has never, by itself, been certified as compatible with any version of POSIX. Starting with [[Mac OS X Leopard|Leopard]], macOS has been certified as compatible with the [[Single UNIX Specification]] version 3 (SUSv3).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mac OS X Leopard - Technology - UNIX|url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/technology/unix.html|work=Leopard Technology Overview|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227000710/http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/unix.html|archive-date=December 27, 2008|quote=Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=The Open Group|title=Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification|url=http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm|date=May 18, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025142525/https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3555.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3632.htm| title=macOS version 10.13 High Sierra on Intel-based Mac computers| publisher=The Open Group| access-date=November 19, 2017| archive-date=September 28, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928150433/https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3632.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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===Kernel===
===Kernel===
{{main|XNU|Mach (kernel)}}
{{main|XNU|Mach (kernel)}}
The kernel of Darwin is [[XNU]], a [[hybrid kernel]] which uses OSFMK 7.3<ref name="wwdc-2000-session-106">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnFoDqzGMU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ggnFoDqzGMU| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|author=Jim Magee|title=WWDC 2000 Session 106 - Mac OS X: Kernel|minutes=14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (Open Software Foundation [[Mach (kernel)|Mach Kernel]]) from the [[Open Software Foundation|OSF]], various elements of [[FreeBSD]] (including the process model, [[protocol stack|network stack]], and [[virtual file system]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemTechnology/SystemTechnology.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001067-CH207-BCICAIFJ|title=Mac Technology Overview: Kernel and Device Drivers Layer|publisher=[[Apple Developer|Apple Developer Connection]]|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309084505/https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemTechnology/SystemTechnology.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001067-CH207-BCICAIFJ|url-status=live}}</ref> and an object-oriented [[device driver]] [[application programming interface|API]] called [[XNU#I/O Kit|I/O Kit]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Amit|date=January 7, 2004|url=http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html|title=XNU: The Kernel|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602233536/http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The hybrid kernel design provides the flexibility of a [[microkernel]]<ref>{{Cite CiteSeerX |title=Monolithic kernel vs. Microkernel|last=Roch|first=Benjamin|citeseerx = 10.1.1.89.9877}}</ref>{{Failed verification|talk="flexibility of a microkernel"|reason=It supports &quot;microkernels are flexible&quot; but not &quot;hybrid kernels are as flexible as microkernels&quot;.|date=October 2018}} and the performance of a [[monolithic kernel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/additionalfeatures/additionalfeatures.html|title=Additional Features|work=Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to OS X|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=November 13, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093407/https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/additionalfeatures/additionalfeatures.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The kernel of Darwin is [[XNU]], a [[hybrid kernel]] which uses Open Software Foundation [[Mach (kernel)|Mach Kernel]] (OSFMK) 7.3<ref name="wwdc-2000-session-106">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnFoDqzGMU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ggnFoDqzGMU| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|author=Jim Magee|title=WWDC 2000 Session 106 - Mac OS X: Kernel|minutes=14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from the [[Open Software Foundation|OSF]], various elements of [[FreeBSD]] (including the process model, [[protocol stack|network stack]], and [[virtual file system]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemTechnology/SystemTechnology.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001067-CH207-BCICAIFJ|title=Mac Technology Overview: Kernel and Device Drivers Layer|publisher=[[Apple Developer|Apple Developer Connection]]|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309084505/https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemTechnology/SystemTechnology.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001067-CH207-BCICAIFJ|url-status=live}}</ref> and an object-oriented [[device driver]] [[application programming interface|API]] called [[XNU#I/O Kit|I/O Kit]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Amit|date=January 7, 2004|url=http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html|title=XNU: The Kernel|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602233536/http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The hybrid kernel design provides the flexibility of a [[microkernel]]<ref>{{Cite CiteSeerX |title=Monolithic kernel vs. Microkernel|last=Roch|first=Benjamin|citeseerx = 10.1.1.89.9877}}</ref>{{Failed verification|talk="flexibility of a microkernel"|reason=It supports &quot;microkernels are flexible&quot; but not &quot;hybrid kernels are as flexible as microkernels&quot;.|date=October 2018}} and the performance of a [[monolithic kernel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/additionalfeatures/additionalfeatures.html|title=Additional Features|work=Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to OS X|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=November 13, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093407/https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/additionalfeatures/additionalfeatures.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Hardware and software support===
===Hardware and software support===
The last bootable full release of Darwin supported 32-bit and 64-bit Apple PowerPC systems and 32-bit Intel PCs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opensource.apple.com/static/iso/release-notes-8.0.1.txt |title=Darwin 8.0.1 Release Notes |date=April 29, 2005 |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028121525/https://opensource.apple.com/static/iso/release-notes-8.0.1.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>
The last bootable full release of Darwin supported 32-bit and 64-bit Apple PowerPC systems and 32-bit Intel PCs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opensource.apple.com/static/iso/release-notes-8.0.1.txt |title=Darwin 8.0.1 Release Notes |date=April 29, 2005 |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028121525/https://opensource.apple.com/static/iso/release-notes-8.0.1.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>


Darwin currently includes support for the [[64-bit]] [[x86-64]] variant of the [[X86|Intel x86]] [[microprocessor|processors]] used in Intel-based [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]s and the 64-bit [[ARM architecture|ARM]] processors used in the [[iPhone 5S]] and later, the [[iPod Touch (6th generation)|6th generation iPod Touch]], the [[iPad (2017)|5th generation iPad]] and later, the [[iPad Air]] family, the [[iPad Mini 2]] and later, the [[iPad Pro]] family, the fourth generation and later [[Apple TV]]s, the [[HomePod]] family, and [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]s with [[Apple silicon]] such as the 2020 [[Apple M1]] Macs, as well as the Raspberry Pi 3B.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/2ff845c2e033bd0ff64b5b6aa6063a1f8f65aa32/pexpert/pexpert/arm64/board_config.h#L223|title=XNU board config for BCM2837|website=[[GitHub]]|date=December 16, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205110901/https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/2ff845c2e033bd0ff64b5b6aa6063a1f8f65aa32/pexpert/pexpert/arm64/board_config.h#L223|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b|title=Raspberry Pi 3 Model B|quote="Quad Core 1.2GHz Broadcom BCM2837"|access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205212422/https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/|url-status=live}}</ref> An open-source port of the [[XNU]] kernel exists that supports Darwin on Intel and [[AMD]] x86 platforms not officially supported by Apple, though it does not appear to have been updated since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://code.google.com/p/voodoo-kernel/source/checkout |title=Voodoo XNU Kernel Source |access-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930225819/https://code.google.com/p/voodoo-kernel/source/checkout |url-status=live }} Requires an Apache SVN client.</ref> An open-source port of the [[XNU]] kernel also exists for ARM platforms, though it has not been updated since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/winocm/xnu|title=XNU on ARMv7|website=[[GitHub]]|date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> Older versions supported some or all of 32-bit [[PowerPC]], 64-bit PowerPC, 32-bit x86, and 32-bit ARM.
Darwin currently includes support for the [[64-bit]] [[x86-64]] variant of the [[X86|Intel x86]] [[microprocessor|processors]] used in Intel-based [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]s and the 64-bit [[ARM architecture|ARM]] processors used in the [[iPhone 5S]] and later, the [[iPod Touch (6th generation)|6th generation iPod Touch]], the [[iPad (2017)|5th generation iPad]] and later, the [[iPad Air]] family, the [[iPad Mini 2]] and later, the [[iPad Pro]] family, the fourth generation and later [[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]]s, the [[HomePod]] family, and [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]s with [[Apple silicon]] such as the 2020 [[Apple M1]] Macs, as well as the Raspberry Pi 3B.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/2ff845c2e033bd0ff64b5b6aa6063a1f8f65aa32/pexpert/pexpert/arm64/board_config.h#L223|title=XNU board config for BCM2837|website=[[GitHub]]|date=December 16, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205110901/https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/2ff845c2e033bd0ff64b5b6aa6063a1f8f65aa32/pexpert/pexpert/arm64/board_config.h#L223|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b|title=Raspberry Pi 3 Model B|quote="Quad Core 1.2GHz Broadcom BCM2837"|access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205212422/https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/|url-status=live}}</ref> An open-source port of the [[XNU]] kernel exists that supports Darwin on Intel and [[AMD]] x86 platforms not officially supported by Apple, though it does not appear to have been updated since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://code.google.com/p/voodoo-kernel/source/checkout |title=Voodoo XNU Kernel Source |access-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930225819/https://code.google.com/p/voodoo-kernel/source/checkout |url-status=live }} Requires an Apache SVN client.</ref> An open-source port of the [[XNU]] kernel also exists for ARM platforms, though it has not been updated since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/winocm/xnu|title=XNU on ARMv7|website=[[GitHub]]|date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> Older versions supported some or all of 32-bit [[PowerPC]], 64-bit PowerPC, 32-bit x86, and 32-bit ARM.


It supports the [[POSIX]] API by way of its [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] lineage (largely [[FreeBSD]] [[User space|userland]]), so a large number of programs written for various other [[UNIX-like]] systems can be [[compiler|compiled]] on Darwin with no changes to the [[source code]].
It supports the [[POSIX]] API by way of its [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] lineage (largely [[FreeBSD]] [[User space|userland]]), so a large number of programs written for various other [[UNIX-like]] systems can be [[compiler|compiled]] on Darwin with no changes to the [[source code]].
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==License==
==License==
In July 2003, Apple released Darwin under version 2.0 of the [[Apple Public Source License]] (APSL), which the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF) classifies as a [[free software license]] incompatible with the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html|title=FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source License (APSL) 2.0|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504151500/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Previous versions were released under an earlier version of the APSL license, which did not meet the FSF definition of free software, although it did meet the requirements of the [[Open Source Definition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/historical-apsl.html|title=The Problems with older versions of the Apple Public Source License (APSL)|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419054305/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/historical-apsl.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2003, Apple released Darwin under version 2.0 of the [[Apple Public Source License]] (APSL), which the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF) qualifies as a [[free software license]].<ref name=":0" /> The APSL is similar to [[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]], including in being incompatible with the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html |title=FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source License (APSL) 2.0 |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504151500/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Previous versions of the APSL license did not meet the FSF definition of free software, although they did meet the requirements of the [[Open Source Definition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/historical-apsl.html|title=The Problems with older versions of the Apple Public Source License (APSL)|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419054305/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/historical-apsl.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Release history==
==Release history==
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                 | [[Mac OS X Tiger]]
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                 | Mac OS X for [[Apple TV]]
                 | Mac OS X for [[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]]
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| Mac OS X v10.4.0
| Mac OS X v10.4.0
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===Darwin 12–15; Mac OS X rebranded into OS X===
===Darwin 12–15; Mac OS X rebranded into OS X===
{{Anchor|Darwin_12}}
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                 | [[OS X Yosemite]]
                 | [[OS X Yosemite]]
                 | [[iOS 7]], [[iOS 8]]
                 | [[iOS 7]], [[iOS 8]]
                 | [[watchOS]] 1
                 | [[watchOS 1]]
                 }}
                 }}
| OS X v10.10.0
| OS X v10.10.0
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                 | [[OS X El Capitan]]
                 | [[OS X El Capitan]]
                 | [[iOS 9]]
                 | [[iOS 9]]
                 | [[watchOS]] 2
                 | [[watchOS 2]]
                 | [[tvOS]] 9
                 | [[tvOS 9]]
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                 | [[watchOS]] 3
                 | [[watchOS 3]]
                 | [[tvOS]] 10
                 | [[tvOS 10]]
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                 | [[watchOS]] 5
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                 | [[tvOS]] 12
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                 | [[watchOS]] 6
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                 | [[tvOS]] 13
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  | [[macOS Tahoe]]
  | [[iOS 26]]
  | [[iOS 26]]
  | [[iPadOS 26]]
  | [[iPadOS 26]]
  | [[watchOS#watchOS_26|watchOS 26]]
  | [[watchOS 26]]
  | [[tvOS#tvOS_26|tvOS 26]]
  | [[tvOS 26]]
  | [[bridgeOS|bridgeOS 10]]
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==Derived projects==
==Derived projects==
Due to the free software nature of Darwin, there have been projects that aim to modify or enhance the operating system.
Due to the free software nature of Darwin, there have been projects that aim to modify the operating system or take Darwin’s parts for their own purpose.
 
Among these, DarwinBSD, OpenDarwin, and PureDarwin can be termed "alternative Darwin distributions" in a sense analogous to [[Linux distributions]].


===OpenDarwin===
===OpenDarwin===
[[File:GNOME 2 running on openDarwin (2004).png|thumb|[[GNOME]] running on GNU-Darwin]]
[[File:GNOME 2 running on openDarwin (2004).png|thumb|[[GNOME]] running on GNU-Darwin]]


OpenDarwin was a community-led operating system based on the Darwin system. It was founded in April 2002 by [[Apple Inc.]] and [[Internet Systems Consortium]]. Its goal was to increase collaboration between Apple developers and the [[free software community]]. Apple benefited from the project because improvements to OpenDarwin would be incorporated into Darwin releases; and the free/open-source community benefited from being given complete control over its own operating system, which could then be used in free software distributions such as GNU-Darwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/|title=OpenDarwin|publisher=OpenDarwin Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106092328/http://www.opendarwin.org/|archive-date=January 6, 2006}}</ref>
OpenDarwin was a community-led operating system based on the Darwin system. It was founded in April 2002 by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Internet Systems Consortium]]. Its goal was to increase collaboration between Apple developers and the [[free software community]]. Apple benefited from the project because improvements to OpenDarwin would be incorporated into Darwin releases; and the free/open-source community benefited from being given complete control over its own operating system, which could then be used in free software distributions such as GNU-Darwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/|title=OpenDarwin|publisher=OpenDarwin Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106092328/http://www.opendarwin.org/|archive-date=January 6, 2006}}</ref>


On July 25, 2006, the OpenDarwin team announced that the project was shutting down, as they felt OpenDarwin had "become a mere hosting facility for Mac OS X related projects", and that the efforts to create a standalone Darwin operating system had failed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2006/jul/26/opendarwinshut|title=OpenDarwin Shutting Down|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Jack|last=Schofield|date=2006-07-26|access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref> They also state: "Availability of sources, interaction with Apple representatives, difficulty building and tracking sources, and a lack of interest from the community have all contributed to this."<ref>{{cite web|author=OpenDarwin Core Team and Administrators|date=July 25, 2006|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/shutdown.html|title=OpenDarwin Shutting Down|publisher=OpenDarwin Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060804104416/http://opendarwin.org/|archive-date=August 4, 2006}}</ref> The last stable release was version 7.2.1, released on July 16, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/opendarwin721.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805095039/http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/opendarwin721.html|archive-date=2004-08-05|url-status=dead|title=OpenDarwin 7.2.1 Released|date=2004-08-05|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>
On July 25, 2006, the OpenDarwin team announced that the project was shutting down, as they felt OpenDarwin had "become a mere hosting facility for Mac OS X related projects", and that the efforts to create a standalone Darwin operating system had failed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2006/jul/26/opendarwinshut|title=OpenDarwin Shutting Down|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Jack|last=Schofield|date=2006-07-26|access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref> They also state: "Availability of sources, interaction with Apple representatives, difficulty building and tracking sources, and a lack of interest from the community have all contributed to this."<ref>{{cite web|author=OpenDarwin Core Team and Administrators|date=July 25, 2006|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/shutdown.html|title=OpenDarwin Shutting Down|publisher=OpenDarwin Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060804104416/http://opendarwin.org/|archive-date=August 4, 2006}}</ref> The last stable release was version 7.2.1, released on July 16, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/opendarwin721.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805095039/http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news/opendarwin721.html|archive-date=2004-08-05|url-status=dead|title=OpenDarwin 7.2.1 Released|date=2004-08-05|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>


===PureDarwin===
===PureDarwin===
PureDarwin is a project to create a bootable operating system image from Apple's released source code for Darwin.<ref>{{cite web |title=PureDarwin |url=https://www.puredarwin.org/ |access-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401234001/https://www.puredarwin.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the halt of OpenDarwin and the release of bootable images since Darwin 8.x, it has been increasingly difficult to create a full operating system as many components became closed source. In 2015 the project created a preview release based on Darwin 9 with an X11 GUI,<ref>[https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin/wiki/Xmas PureDarwin Xmas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203095014/https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin/wiki/Xmas |date=December 3, 2019 }} (2015)</ref> followed by a command-line only 17.4 Beta based on Darwin 17.<ref>{{cite web |title=PureDarwin 17.4 Beta |url=https://github.com/PureDarwin/PD-17.4-Beta |website=GitHub |publisher=PureDarwin |access-date=11 January 2020 |date=30 November 2019 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213013037/https://github.com/PureDarwin/PD-17.4-Beta |url-status=live }}</ref>
PureDarwin is a project to create a bootable operating system image from Apple's released source code for Darwin.<ref>{{cite web |title=PureDarwin |url=https://www.puredarwin.org/ |access-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401234001/https://www.puredarwin.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the halt of OpenDarwin and the release of bootable images since Darwin 8.x, it has been increasingly difficult to create a full operating system as many components became closed source. In 2015 the project created a preview release based on Darwin 9 with an X11 GUI,<ref>[https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin/wiki/Xmas PureDarwin Xmas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203095014/https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin/wiki/Xmas |date=December 3, 2019 }} (2015)</ref> followed by a command-line only 17.4 Beta based on Darwin 17 in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=PureDarwin 17.4 Beta |url=https://github.com/PureDarwin/PD-17.4-Beta |website=GitHub |publisher=PureDarwin |access-date=11 January 2020 |date=30 November 2019 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213013037/https://github.com/PureDarwin/PD-17.4-Beta |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Other derived projects===
===Other derived projects===
"Darwin distributions" (see also the other package managers below):
* GNU-Darwin was a project that ports packages of free software to Darwin. They package OS images in a way similar to a [[Linux distribution]].
* DarwinBSD Project was a Darwin distribution using FreeBSD's pkgsrc package management.<ref>{{cite web |title=DarwinBSD |url=http://darwinbsd.tk/ |website=darwinbsd.tk |access-date=7 April 2023 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323004704/http://darwinbsd.tk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Other types of derivatives:
* The Darbat project was an experimental port of Darwin to the [[L4 microkernel family]]. It aims to be [[binary compatible]] with existing Darwin binaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/darbat/ |title=L4/Darwin (aka Darbat) |publisher=Ertos.nicta.com.au |date=May 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219064814/http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/darbat/ |archive-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref>
* The [[Darling (software)|Darling]] project is a compatibility layer for running macOS binaries on Linux systems. It uses some Darwin source code.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darling: macOS translation layer for Linux |url=https://www.darlinghq.org/ |website=www.darlinghq.org |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421131450/https://www.darlinghq.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Related open-source projects ==
=== Projects intended to work with Darwin ===
[[File:WindowmakerFS Xdarwin.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Window Maker in [[XDarwin]]]]
[[File:WindowmakerFS Xdarwin.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Window Maker in [[XDarwin]]]]
The following are not Darwin derivatives, at least not beyond the extent that any program written for an operating system is partly derived from its [[application programming interface]] and other constraints.
* [[XQuartz]] is a component of the [[X Window System]] that runs on [[macOS]] (Darwin). [[XDarwin]], before the introduction of Apple's X11.app.
* [[XQuartz]] is a component of the [[X Window System]] that runs on [[macOS]] (Darwin). [[XDarwin]], before the introduction of Apple's X11.app.
* [[GNUstep]] is a [[free software]] implementation of the [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] (formerly [[OpenStep]]) [[Objective-C]] [[Software framework|frameworks]], [[widget toolkit]], and application development tools for [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s.
* [[Window Maker]], a window manager designed to emulate the [[NeXTSTEP|NeXT]] GUI as part of the wider GNUstep project.
* [[WebKit]] is a [[browser engine]] primarily used in [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] web browser, as well as all web browsers on [[iOS]] and [[iPadOS]].
* [[WebKit]] is a [[browser engine]] primarily used in [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] web browser, as well as all web browsers on [[iOS]] and [[iPadOS]].
* [[MacPorts]] (formerly DarwinPorts), [[Fink (software)|Fink]], and [[Homebrew (package management software)|Homebrew]] are projects to port UNIX programs to the Darwin operating system and provide [[package management]]. In addition, several standard UNIX package managers—such as [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]], [[pkgsrc]], and [[Portage (software)|Portage]]—have Darwin ports. Some of these operate in their own namespace so as not to interfere with the base system.
* [[MacPorts]] (formerly DarwinPorts), [[Fink (software)|Fink]], and [[Homebrew (package management software)|Homebrew]] are projects to port UNIX programs to the Darwin operating system and provide [[package management]]. In addition, several standard UNIX package managers—such as [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]], [[pkgsrc]], and [[Portage (software)|Portage]]—have Darwin ports. Some of these operate in their own namespace so as not to interfere with the base system.
* GNU-Darwin was a project that ports packages of free software to Darwin. They package OS images in a way similar to a [[Linux distribution]].
* The [[Darwine]] project was a [[porting|port]] of [[Wine (software)|Wine]] that allows one to run [[Microsoft Windows]] software on Darwin.
* The [[Darwine]] project was a [[porting|port]] of [[Wine (software)|Wine]] that allows one to run [[Microsoft Windows]] software on Darwin.
* SEDarwin was a port of [[TrustedBSD]] [[mandatory access control]] framework and portions of the [[SELinux]] framework to Darwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sedarwin.org/ |title=Security Enhanced Darwin |publisher=SEDarwin |date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005174023/http://www.sedarwin.org/|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> It was incorporated into Mac OS X 10.5.<ref>{{cite web |title=What's New In Mac OS X: Mac OS X v10.5 |work=Mac OS X Reference Library |publisher=Apple Inc |date=November 13, 2009 |url= https://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208233045/http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_5.html| archive-date=December 8, 2009}}</ref>
* SEDarwin was a port of [[TrustedBSD]] [[mandatory access control]] framework and portions of the [[SELinux]] framework to Darwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sedarwin.org/ |title=Security Enhanced Darwin |publisher=SEDarwin |date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005174023/http://www.sedarwin.org/|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> It was incorporated into Mac OS X 10.5.<ref>{{cite web |title=What's New In Mac OS X: Mac OS X v10.5 |work=Mac OS X Reference Library |publisher=Apple |date=November 13, 2009 |url= https://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208233045/http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_5.html| archive-date=December 8, 2009}}</ref>
* The Darbat project was an experimental port of Darwin to the [[L4 microkernel family]]. It aims to be [[binary compatible]] with existing Darwin binaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/darbat/ |title=L4/Darwin (aka Darbat) |publisher=Ertos.nicta.com.au |date=May 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219064814/http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/darbat/ |archive-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref>
* There are various projects that focus on driver support: e.g., wireless drivers,<ref>{{cite web |author=yuriwho |url=https://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ |title=WirelessDriver Home Page |publisher=Wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net |date=May 5, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728200428/http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=iwi2200 Darwin |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=March 27, 2009 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/iwi2200/ |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818023423/http://sourceforge.net/projects/iwi2200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> wired [[network interface card|NIC]] drivers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-tulip/ |title=Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS &#124; Download Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175829/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-tulip/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RealTek network driver for Mac OS X/Darwin |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=March 15, 2006 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-rtl8139 |access-date=June 3, 2010 |archive-date=July 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724204411/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-rtl8139/ |url-status=live }} ''Project inactive since March 15, 2006.''</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=fansui |title=RTL8150LMEthernet |publisher=SourceForge |date=August 1, 2007 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8150lm |access-date=June 13, 2010 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907032303/http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8150lm |url-status=live }}</ref> modem drivers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwinmodems |title=ZyXEL Modem Drivers for OS X/Darwin &#124; Download ZyXEL Modem Drivers for OS X/Darwin software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=May 14, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024501/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwinmodems/ |url-status=live }}</ref> card readers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pccardata.sourceforge.net/ |title=Mac OS X PC Card ATA Driver |publisher=Pccardata.sourceforge.net |date=December 20, 2001 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805235201/http://pccardata.sourceforge.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[ext2]] and [[ext3]] file systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ |title=Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem &#124; Download Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=October 14, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722030450/http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ext2 filesystem in user space |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=July 14, 2008 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fuse |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726001114/http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fuse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Darling (software)|Darling]] project is a compatibility layer for running macOS binaries on Linux systems. It uses some Darwin source code.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darling: macOS translation layer for Linux |url=https://www.darlinghq.org/ |website=www.darlinghq.org |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421131450/https://www.darlinghq.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
* There are various projects that focus on driver support: e.g., wireless drivers,<ref>{{cite web |author=yuriwho |url=http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ |title=WirelessDriver Home Page |publisher=Wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net |date=May 5, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728200428/http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=iwi2200 Darwin |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=March 27, 2009 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/iwi2200/ |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818023423/http://sourceforge.net/projects/iwi2200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> wired [[network interface card|NIC]] drivers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-tulip/ |title=Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS &#124; Download Port BSD tulip driver(s) to Darwin OS software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175829/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-tulip/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RealTek network driver for Mac OS X/Darwin |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=March 15, 2006 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-rtl8139 |access-date=June 3, 2010 |archive-date=July 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724204411/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwin-rtl8139/ |url-status=live }} ''Project inactive since March 15, 2006.''</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=fansui |title=RTL8150LMEthernet |publisher=SourceForge |date=August 1, 2007 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8150lm |access-date=June 13, 2010 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907032303/http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8150lm |url-status=live }}</ref> modem drivers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwinmodems |title=ZyXEL Modem Drivers for OS X/Darwin &#124; Download ZyXEL Modem Drivers for OS X/Darwin software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=May 14, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024501/http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwinmodems/ |url-status=live }}</ref> card readers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pccardata.sourceforge.net/ |title=Mac OS X PC Card ATA Driver |publisher=Pccardata.sourceforge.net |date=December 20, 2001 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805235201/http://pccardata.sourceforge.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[ext2]] and [[ext3]] file systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ |title=Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem &#124; Download Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem software for free at |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=October 14, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722030450/http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ext2 filesystem in user space |publisher=[[SourceForge]] |date=July 14, 2008 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fuse |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726001114/http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fuse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Neither substantially based on Darwin nor mainly intended to work on it ===
* DarwinBSD Project was a Darwin project using pkgsrc for packages. It is an open source project.<ref>{{cite web |title=DarwinBSD |url=http://darwinbsd.tk/ |website=darwinbsd.tk |access-date=7 April 2023 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323004704/http://darwinbsd.tk/ }}</ref>
The following projects re-implements parts of macOS API that are above the level of Darwin.
 
* [[GNUstep]] is a [[free software]] implementation of the [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] (formerly [[OpenStep]]) [[Objective-C]] [[Software framework|frameworks]], [[widget toolkit]], and application development tools for [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s.
** [[Window Maker]], a window manager designed to emulate the [[NeXTSTEP|NeXT]] GUI as part of the wider GNUstep project.


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Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD[1] and other BSD operating systems,[2] Mach, and other free software projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple. Darwin's unofficial mascot is Hexley the Platypus.[3]

Darwin is mostly POSIX-compatible, but has never, by itself, been certified as compatible with any version of POSIX. Starting with Leopard, macOS has been certified as compatible with the Single UNIX Specification version 3 (SUSv3).[4][5][6]

History

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Simplified history of Unix-like operating systems

The heritage of Darwin began with Unix derivatives supplemented by aspects of NeXT's NeXTSTEP operating system (later, since version 4.0, known as OPENSTEP), first released in 1989. After Apple bought NeXT in 1996, it announced it would base its next operating system on OPENSTEP. This was developed into Rhapsody in 1997, Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999, Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000, and Mac OS X 10.0 in 2001.

In 1999, Apple announced it would release the source code for the Mach 2.5 microkernel, BSD Unix 4.4 OS, and the Apache Web server components of Mac OS X Server.[7] At the time, interim CEO Steve Jobs alluded to British naturalist Charles Darwin by announcing "because it's about evolution".[8] In 2000, the core operating system components of Mac OS X were released as open-source software under the Apple Public Source License (APSL) as Darwin; the higher-level components, such as the Cocoa and Carbon frameworks, remained closed-source.

Up to Darwin 8.0.1, released in April 2005, Apple released a binary installer (as an ISO image) after each major Mac OS X release that allowed one to install Darwin on PowerPC and Intel x86 systems as a standalone operating system.[9] Minor updates were released as packages that were installed separately. Darwin is now only available as source code. As of January 2023, Apple no longer mentions Darwin by name on its Open Source website and only publishes an incomplete collection of open-source projects relating to macOS and iOS.

Design

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Diagram of macOS architecture

Kernel

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The kernel of Darwin is XNU, a hybrid kernel which uses Open Software Foundation Mach Kernel (OSFMK) 7.3[10] from the OSF, various elements of FreeBSD (including the process model, network stack, and virtual file system),[11] and an object-oriented device driver API called I/O Kit.[12] The hybrid kernel design provides the flexibility of a microkernel[13]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and the performance of a monolithic kernel.[14]

Hardware and software support

The last bootable full release of Darwin supported 32-bit and 64-bit Apple PowerPC systems and 32-bit Intel PCs.[15]

Darwin currently includes support for the 64-bit x86-64 variant of the Intel x86 processors used in Intel-based Macs and the 64-bit ARM processors used in the iPhone 5S and later, the 6th generation iPod Touch, the 5th generation iPad and later, the iPad Air family, the iPad Mini 2 and later, the iPad Pro family, the fourth generation and later Apple TVs, the HomePod family, and Macs with Apple silicon such as the 2020 Apple M1 Macs, as well as the Raspberry Pi 3B.[16][17] An open-source port of the XNU kernel exists that supports Darwin on Intel and AMD x86 platforms not officially supported by Apple, though it does not appear to have been updated since 2009.[18] An open-source port of the XNU kernel also exists for ARM platforms, though it has not been updated since 2016.[19] Older versions supported some or all of 32-bit PowerPC, 64-bit PowerPC, 32-bit x86, and 32-bit ARM.

It supports the POSIX API by way of its BSD lineage (largely FreeBSD userland), so a large number of programs written for various other UNIX-like systems can be compiled on Darwin with no changes to the source code.

Darwin does not include many of the defining elements of macOS, such as the Carbon and Cocoa APIs or the Quartz Compositor and Aqua user interface, and thus cannot run Mac applications. It does, however, support a number of lesser-known features of macOS, such as mDNSResponder, which is the multicast DNS responder and a core component of the Bonjour networking technology, and launchd, an advanced service management framework.

License

In July 2003, Apple released Darwin under version 2.0 of the Apple Public Source License (APSL), which the Free Software Foundation (FSF) qualifies as a free software license.[20] The APSL is similar to AGPL, including in being incompatible with the GNU General Public License.[20]

Previous versions of the APSL license did not meet the FSF definition of free software, although they did meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition.[21]

Release history

The following is a table of major Darwin releases with their dates of release and their derivative operating system releases.[22] Note that the corresponding releases may have been released on a different date.

Darwin 0–8 and corresponding Mac OS X releases

Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
0.1 March 16, 1999 Mac OS X Server 1.0 releases
  • Initial release
  • 0.1 is contrived (for sorting and identification) as this identified itself simply as Rhapsody 5.3
0.2 April 14, 1999 Mac OS X Server 1.0.1
0.3 August 5, 1999 Based on Rhapsody 5.5
  • ISO image is available on archive.org
  • After this point the kernel changed from the NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Rhapsody to the newer XNU for Mac OS X
1.0 April 12, 2000 Developer preview 3
1.1 April 5, 2000 Developer preview 4
1.2.1 November 15, 2000 Mac OS X Public Beta (code-named "Kodiak")
1.3.1 April 13, 2001 Mac OS X v10.0 (code-named "Cheetah")
  • First commercial release of Darwin
  • All releases of Cheetah (v10.0.0–4) had the same version of Darwin.
1.4.1 October 2, 2001 Mac OS X v10.1 (code-named "Puma")
  • Performance improvements to "boot time, real-time threads, thread management, cache flushing, and preemption handling"
  • Support for SMB network file system
  • Wget replaced with cURL.[23]
5.1 November 12, 2001 Mac OS X v10.1.1
  • Change in numbering scheme to match the Mac OS X build numbering scheme
5.5 June 5, 2002 Mac OS X v10.1.5
6.0.1 September 23, 2002 Mac OS X v10.2 (code-named "Jaguar")
6.8 October 3, 2003 Mac OS X v10.2.8
7.0 October 24, 2003 Mac OS X Panther Mac OS X v10.3.0
7.9 April 15, 2005 Mac OS X v10.3.9
8.0 April 29, 2005 Template:Ubl Mac OS X v10.4.0
8.11 November 14, 2007 Mac OS X v10.4.11

The jump in version numbers from Darwin 1.4.1 to 5.1 with the release of Mac OS X v10.1.1 was designed to tie Darwin to the Mac OS X version and build numbering system, which in turn is inherited from NeXTSTEP. In the build numbering system of macOS, every version has a unique beginning build number, which identifies what whole version of macOS it is part of. Mac OS X v10.0 had build numbers starting with 4, 10.1 had build numbers starting with 5, and so forth (earlier build numbers represented developer releases).[27]

Darwin 9; iPhone OS introduced

Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
9.0 October 26, 2007 Template:Ubl Mac OS X v10.5.0
9.8 August 5, 2009 Mac OS X v.10.5.8

Darwin 10-11; iPhone OS rebranded to iOS

Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
10.0 August 28, 2009 Template:Ubl Mac OS X v10.6.0
10.8 June 23, 2011 Mac OS X v10.6.8
11.0.0 July 20, 2011 Template:Ubl Mac OS X v10.7.0
  • XNU no longer supports PPC binaries (fat binary only for i386, x86_64).
  • XNU requires an x86_64 processor, except for iOS which is ARM based.
  • Improved sandboxing of applications
  • Complete support for Automatic Reference Counting
11.4.2 October 4, 2012 Mac OS X v10.7.5 (supplemental)

Darwin 12–15; Mac OS X rebranded into OS X

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Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
12.0.0 February 16, 2012 OS X Mountain Lion OS X v10.8.0
12.6.0 January 27, 2015 OS X v10.8.5 (with Security Update 2015-001)
13.0.0 June 11, 2013 Template:Ubl OS X v10.9.0
13.4.0 September 17, 2014 OS X v10.9.5
14.0.0 September 18, 2014 Template:Ubl OS X v10.10.0
14.5.0 August 13, 2015 OS X v10.10.5
15.0.0 September 16, 2015 Template:Ubl OS X v10.11.0 and iOS 9.0
  • System Integrity Protection. Protects certain system parts from being modified or tampered with by a process even if run by root or by a user with root privileges.
  • sudo is configured with the "tty_tickets" flag by default, restricting the session timeout to the terminal session (such as a window or tab) in which the user authenticated the program.
  • LibreSSL replaces OpenSSL
15.6.0 July 18, 2016 OS X v10.11.6 and iOS 9.3.3

Darwin 16–19; OS X rebranded into macOS

Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
16.0.0 September 13, 2016 Template:Ubl macOS v10.12.0 and iOS 10.0.1 (initial release version)
  • OS X was rebranded into macOS.
  • Writing to /Volumes directory is now restricted to root user or any user with root privileges
  • System Integrity Protection now covers /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC directory that contains a list of applications that are allowed to "control the computer"
  • Objective-C garbage collector removed and replaced by Automatic Reference Counting that was introduced with Darwin v12.0 (OS X v10.8). Objective-C applications that use garbage collection will no longer work.
  • Native support for PPTP was removed.
16.5.0 March 27, 2017 macOS v10.12.4 and iOS 10.3
  • Changed filesystem from HFS+ to APFS on iOS devices. APFS is already available on macOS since 10.12.0 but can't be used on boot partition.
16.6.0 July 19, 2017 macOS v10.12.6 and iOS 10.3.3
17.0.0 September 19, 2017 Template:Ubl
  • APFS replaces HFS+ as the default filesystem for boot partition in macOS on Macs with flash storage. On Macs with HDDs, the boot partition must be reformatted to use APFS.
  • ntpd replaced by timed as a time synchronization service
  • FTP and telnet commands are removed.
  • Kernel extensions ("kexts") will require explicit approval by the user before being able to run.
17.5.0 March 29, 2018 macOS 10.13.4
  • Support for external graphics processors using Thunderbolt 3, and removes support for external graphics processors using Thunderbolt 1 and 2.
17.6.0 June 1, 2018 macOS v10.13.5
17.7.0 July 9, 2018 macOS v10.13.6 and iOS 11.4.1
18.0.0 September 24, 2018 Template:Ubl
18.2.0 October 30, 2018 macOS v10.14.1 and iOS 12.1
  • Added support for the new Radeon Vega 20 GPUs in the new MacBooks
19.0.0 September 19, 2019 Template:Ubl
19.2.0 December 10, 2019 macOS 10.15.2 and iOS 13.3
19.3.0 January 28, 2020 macOS 10.15.3 and iOS 13.3.1
  • System Extensions replace Kexts and runs in userspace, outside of the kernel.[30]
  • DriverKit replaces I/O Kit. It Introduces "Dexts" (Driver Extensions) which are built using DriverKit. Driverkit is a new SDK with all new frameworks based on IOKit, but is updated and modernized. Device Drivers run in userspace, outside of the kernel.[31][32][33]
19.4.0 March 24, 2020
19.5.0 April 30, 2020 macOS 10.15.5 and iOS 13.5
19.6.0 June 1, 2020 macOS 10.15.6 beta 2 and iOS 13.6.0 beta 2

Darwin 20 onwards

Version Date Corresponding releases Notes
20.0.0 June 22, 2020 Template:Ubl macOS 11.0 beta 1 and iOS 14.0 beta 1
20.1.0 September 3, 2020 macOS 11.0 and iOS 14.0
20.2.0 November 12, 2020 macOS 11.1 and iOS 14.3
20.3.0 February 1, 2021 macOS 11.2, iOS 14.4, iPadOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3 and tvOS 14.4.
20.4.0 April 20, 2021 macOS 11.3, iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4 and tvOS 14.5.
20.5.0 May 24, 2021 macOS 11.4 and iOS 14.6
20.6.0 June 2, 2021 macOS 11.5 beta 2 and iOS 14.7 beta 2
21.0.0 June 7, 2021 Template:Ubl macOS 12.0 beta 1 and iOS 15.0 beta 1
21.0.1 October 25, 2021 macOS 12.0
21.1.0 October 25, 2021 macOS 12.0.1 and iOS 15.0
21.2.0 December 7, 2021 macOS 12.1 and iOS 15.2
21.3.0 January 26, 2022 macOS 12.2 and iOS 15.3
21.4.0 March 14, 2022 macOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4
21.5.0 June 24, 2022 macOS 12.4 and iOS 15.5
21.6.0 July 20, 2022 macOS 12.5 and iOS 15.6
22.0 June 6, 2022 Template:Ubl macOS 13.0 beta 1, iOS 16.0, watchOS 9.0 and tvOS 16.0
22.1.0 October 24, 2022 macOS 13.0, iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1 and tvOS 16.1
22.2.0 December 13, 2022 macOS 13.1, iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2 and tvOS 16.2
22.3.0 January 23, 2023 macOS 13.2, iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, watchOS 9.3 and tvOS 16.3
22.4.0 March 27, 2023 macOS 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4 and tvOS 16.4
22.5.0 May 18, 2023 macOS 13.4, iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, watchOS 9.5 and tvOS 16.5
22.6.0 July 24, 2023 macOS 13.5, iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, watchOS 9.6 and tvOS 16.6
23.0.0 September 18, 2023 Template:Ubl macOS 14.0, iOS 17.0, iPadOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0 and tvOS 17.0
23.1.0 October 25, 2023 macOS 14.1, iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1 and tvOS 17.1
23.2.0 November 15, 2023 macOS 14.2, iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2 and tvOS 17.2
23.3.0 January 22, 2024 macOS 14.3, iOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3 and tvOS 17.3
23.4.0 March 5, 2024 macOS 14.4, iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, watchOS 10.4 and tvOS 17.4
23.5.0 May 13, 2024 macOS 14.5, iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5 and tvOS 17.5
24.0.0 September 16, 2024 Template:Ubl macOS 15.0, iOS 18.0, iPadOS 18.0, watchOS 11.0, and tvOS 18.0
25.0.0 September 15, 2025 Template:Ubl macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS 26.0

Note: the tables above contain the release dates of the corresponding OS releases. Build dates for Darwin versions are not publicly available; the commands below only give the build date for the XNU kernel.

The command Template:Mono in Terminal will show the Darwin version number ("20.3.0"), and the command Template:Mono will show the XNU build version string, which includes the Darwin version number. The command Template:Mono will show the corresponding ProductName ("macOS"), the ProductVersion number ("11.2.3") and the BuildVersion string ("20D91").

Derived projects

Due to the free software nature of Darwin, there have been projects that aim to modify the operating system or take Darwin’s parts for their own purpose.

Among these, DarwinBSD, OpenDarwin, and PureDarwin can be termed "alternative Darwin distributions" in a sense analogous to Linux distributions.

OpenDarwin

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GNOME running on GNU-Darwin

OpenDarwin was a community-led operating system based on the Darwin system. It was founded in April 2002 by Apple and Internet Systems Consortium. Its goal was to increase collaboration between Apple developers and the free software community. Apple benefited from the project because improvements to OpenDarwin would be incorporated into Darwin releases; and the free/open-source community benefited from being given complete control over its own operating system, which could then be used in free software distributions such as GNU-Darwin.[34]

On July 25, 2006, the OpenDarwin team announced that the project was shutting down, as they felt OpenDarwin had "become a mere hosting facility for Mac OS X related projects", and that the efforts to create a standalone Darwin operating system had failed.[35] They also state: "Availability of sources, interaction with Apple representatives, difficulty building and tracking sources, and a lack of interest from the community have all contributed to this."[36] The last stable release was version 7.2.1, released on July 16, 2004.[37]

PureDarwin

PureDarwin is a project to create a bootable operating system image from Apple's released source code for Darwin.[38] Since the halt of OpenDarwin and the release of bootable images since Darwin 8.x, it has been increasingly difficult to create a full operating system as many components became closed source. In 2015 the project created a preview release based on Darwin 9 with an X11 GUI,[39] followed by a command-line only 17.4 Beta based on Darwin 17 in 2019.[40]

Other derived projects

"Darwin distributions" (see also the other package managers below):

  • GNU-Darwin was a project that ports packages of free software to Darwin. They package OS images in a way similar to a Linux distribution.
  • DarwinBSD Project was a Darwin distribution using FreeBSD's pkgsrc package management.[41]

Other types of derivatives:

  • The Darbat project was an experimental port of Darwin to the L4 microkernel family. It aims to be binary compatible with existing Darwin binaries.[42]
  • The Darling project is a compatibility layer for running macOS binaries on Linux systems. It uses some Darwin source code.[43]

Related open-source projects

Projects intended to work with Darwin

File:WindowmakerFS Xdarwin.jpg
Window Maker in XDarwin

The following are not Darwin derivatives, at least not beyond the extent that any program written for an operating system is partly derived from its application programming interface and other constraints.

Neither substantially based on Darwin nor mainly intended to work on it

The following projects re-implements parts of macOS API that are above the level of Darwin.

See also

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References

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External links

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  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Template:Cite CiteSeerX
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Requires an Apache SVN client.
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  36. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  37. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  38. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  39. ↑ PureDarwin Xmas Template:Webarchive (2015)
  40. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  41. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  42. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  43. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  44. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Project inactive since March 15, 2006.
  50. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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