FreeDOS Releases

FreeDOS had several Alpha and Beta releases before finally releasing FreeDOS 1.0 in September 2006. This page tracks all of the FreeDOS releases.

FreeDOS does not have a regular release schedule, and instead makes new versions of the FreeDOS Distribution when it is ready.

Alpha releases

The Alpha releases were very early versions of FreeDOS. These were very incomplete, and did not include an installer. Users typically had to download a zip file containing all of the FreeDOS Alpha release, and unzip the release onto a hard drive. This was a very manual process.

Beta releases

The Beta releases were the first to use a proper install program. These were still very early versions of FreeDOS, and were not yet considered feature-complete with other DOS systems.

1.x releases

The FreeDOS 1.x releases were finally considered ready for prime time.

Version history

| Version | Codename | Date | | --------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | | Alpha 1 | | 16 September 1994 | | Alpha 2 | | December 1994 | | Alpha 3 | | January 1995 | | Alpha 4 | | June 1995 | | Alpha 5 | | 10 August 1996 | | Alpha 6 | | November 1997 | | Beta 1 | Orlando | 24 April 1998 | | Beta 2 | Marvin | 28 October 1998 | | Beta 3 | Ventura | 22 April 1999 | | Beta 4 | Lemur | 29 December 1999 | | Beta 5 | Lara | 11 August 2000 | | Beta 6 | Midnite | 30 March 2001 | | Beta 7 | Spears | 8 September 2001 | | Beta 8 | Nikita | 7 April 2002 | | Beta 8 H1 | | 15 September 2002 | | Beta 9 RC1 | Methusalem | 19 July 2003 | | Beta 9 RC2 | | 1 September 2003 | | Beta 9 RC3 | | 28 September 2003 | | Beta 9 RC4 | | 5 February 2004 | | Beta 9 RC5 | | 20 April 2004 | | Beta 9 | | 28 September 2004 | | Beta 9 SR1 | | 30 November 2004 | | Beta 9 SR2 | | 30 November 2005 | | 1.0 | | 3 September 2006 | | 1.1 | | 2 January 2012 | | 1.2 RC1 | | 31 October 2016 | | 1.2 RC2 | | 24 November 2016 | | 1.2 | | 25 December 2016 | | 1.3 RC1 | | 3 February 2019 | | 1.3 RC2 | | 9 December 2019 | | 1.3 RC3 | | 31 May 2020 | | 1.3 RC4 | | 30 April 2021 | | 1.3 RC5 | | 8 December 2021 | | 1.3 | | 20 February 2022 |

Official FreeDOS distributions