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Haiku


Last Update: 2024-09-13 17:55 UTC

Haiku is an open-source operating system, currently in development, that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the Be Operating System (BeOS), Haiku aims to become a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels. The key highlights that distinguish Haiku from other operating systems include: specific focus on personal computing, custom kernel designed for responsiveness, fully threaded design for great efficiency with multi-processor/core CPUs, rich object-oriented API for faster development, database-like file system (BFS) with support for indexed metadata, and unified, cohesive interface.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 73 (150), 6 months: 59 (181), 3 months: 92 (143), 4 weeks: 103 (135), 1 week: 87 (138)

Average visitor rating: 7.05/10 from 20 review(s).

Haiku Summary
Distribution Haiku
Home Page https://haiku-os.org/
Mailing Lists https://haiku-os.org/community/ml
User Forums https://discuss.haiku-os.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/contents.html
http://haiku-os.org/documents
Screenshots https://www.haiku-os.org/slideshows/haiku-1
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://haiku-os.org/get-haiku • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://dev.haiku-os.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-09-13: Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 5
 • 2022-12-23: Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 4
 • 2021-07-26: Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 3
 • 2020-06-09: Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 2
 • 2018-09-29: Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 1
 • 2012-11-13: Development Release: Haiku R1 Alpha 4
 • More Haiku releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-03-11 Haiku publishes newsletter for February
 • 2025-01-14 Haiku ports Iceweasel web browser
 • 2024-10-11 New improvements in Haiku
 • 2024-09-18 Haiku lists several fixes in its August newsletter
 • 2024-08-13 Haiku ports Firefox
 • 2024-05-15 Haiku makes it easier to switch between light and dark themes
 • 2024-01-22 Interview with Waddlesplash
 • 2023-12-13 Haiku improves application ratings and saving addresses
 • 2023-11-15 Haiku publishes updates in monthly newsletter
 • 2023-08-16 Haiku gets BSD style kqueue functionality
 • More Haiku headlines...

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Feature R1-beta5
Release Date 2024-09-13
End Of Life --
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 1400-1500
Free Download ISO
Installation Graphical
Default Desktop Haiku
Package Management pkgman
Release Model Fixed
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture i586, x86_64
Init Software other
Journaled File Systems BFS
Multilingual Yes
Asian Language Support Yes
Full Package List r1-beta5
Package R1-beta5
abiword (3.0.6) --
alsa-lib (1.2.13) --
amdgpu (23.0.0) --
bash (5.2.37) 5.2
bind (9.20.6) --
chromium (134.0.6998.88) --
cups (2.4.11) --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) --
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.45.6
firefox (136.0.1) --
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2
gcc (14.2.0) 11.2.0
gimp (2.10.38) --
glibc (2.41) --
gnome-shell (47.5) --
gnucash (5.10) --
gnumeric (1.12.59) --
grub (2.12) --
gtk (4.18.1) --
httpd (2.4.63) --
inkscape (1.4) --
k3b (24.12.3) --
kmod (34.1) --
krita (5.2.9) 4.4.2
LibreOffice (25.2.1) 7.1.0
linux (6.13.7) --
Package R1-beta5
lxpanel (0.10.1) --
mariadb (11.6.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (25.0.1) 22.0.5
mysql (9.2.0) --
nautilus (47.2) --
NVIDIA (570.124.04) --
openbox (3.6.1) --
openjdk (23.0.2) 14.0.2
openssh (9.9p2) 9.8p1
openssl (3.4.1) 1.1.1s
perl (5.40.1) 5.40.0
php (8.4.5) 7.4.16
plasma-desktop (6.3.3) --
postfix (3.10.1) --
postgresql (17.4) 12.0
Python (3.13.2) 3.10.14
qt (6.8.2) 5.15.2
samba (4.22.0) 3.6.25
systemd (257.4) --
thunderbird (136.0) --
vim (9.1) 8.2
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.16
wayland (1.23.1) --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) --
xorg-server (21.1.16) --

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for Haiku

Average rating
7.1
from 20 review(s)


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Version: R1-beta5
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-14
Votes: 0


 Hard to say if Haiku can impress "younger" people without romantic BeOS-experiences? But its more than just a rewrite or a modern clone. For me its lean computing like in the 90ies without the clutter of these days. Haiku is fast, straight-forward and brings clever concepts other distros don't have. Its not the 2.671 Linux distro with some special flavour. Perhaps Haiku is the last tiny isle between Windows, Mac and Linux.
Only drawback (of not beeing another Linux distro): There are apps for the daily and common tasks, but there are blind spots of course. Browsing experience is also a bit limited, but in the last months you can feel more speed in the community. So in the meantime we have a perfectly working NextCloud-client and much more i could'nt imagine so far.


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Version: R1-beta5
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-03-05
Votes: 0


 Hard to say if Haiku can impress "younger" people without romantic BeOS-experiences? But its more than just a rewrite or a modern clone. For me its lean computing like in the 90ies without the clutter of these days. Haiku is fast, straight-forward and brings clever concepts other distros don't have. Its not the 2.671 Linux distro with some special flavour. Perhaps Haiku is the last tiny isle between Windows, Mac and Linux.
Only drawback (of not beeing another Linux distro): There are apps for the daily and common tasks, but there are blind spots of course. Browsing experience is also a bit limited, but in the last months you can feel more speed in the community. So in the meantime we have a perfectly working NextCloud-client and much more i could'nt imagine so far.


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Version: R1-beta5
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-02-13
Votes: 14


 The Haiku project began in 2001; now we are in 2025 and is still in beta state.
Thanks to God some user/developers has ported many useful apps and modern browsers. The default browser WebPositive is ridicolous and limited.
The core developers insists to have this ridicolous browser.

In Haiku there are no still basic functions/features like multi-user, serious power managament (like sleep and suspend), no trim support for the healt of the SSDs. Furthermore there is still the 32 bit version: the developers said that the 32 bit version is for legacy purpose: to execute applications for BeOS operating system, ancient, since come from late 1990/2000.

Haiku is a niche project, for the fun of the developers which maintain it.


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