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Darwin (operating system)

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 and other BSD operating systems, Mach, and other free software projects' code, as…

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Default user interface
Command-line interface (Unix shell)
Developer
Apple
Influenced by
NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, BSD, Mach
Initial release
November 15, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-11-15)
Kernel type
Hybrid (XNU)
Latest preview
27.0.0 / June 8, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-08)

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Darwin (operating system)

Nodes130
Edges129
Triples21
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
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Default user interface · 1
Darwin (operating system) → Command-line interface (Unix shell)
Developer · 1
Darwin (operating system) → Apple
Influenced by · 1
Darwin (operating system) → NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, BSD, Mach
Initial release · 1
Darwin (operating system) → November 15, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-11-15)
Kernel type · 1
Darwin (operating system) → Hybrid (XNU)
Latest preview · 1
Darwin (operating system) → 27.0.0 / June 8, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-08)
Latest release · 1
Darwin (operating system) → 25.5.0 / June 9, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-09)
License · 1
Darwin (operating system) → Mostly Apple Public Source License (APSL), with closed-source drivers
Official website · 1
Darwin (operating system) → opensource.apple.com/releases/
OS family · 1
Darwin (operating system) → Unix-like, FreeBSD, BSD

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Darwin (operating system)Default user interfaceCommand-line interface (Unix shell)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)DeveloperApple1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Influenced byNeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, BSD, Mach1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Initial releaseNovember 15, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-11-15)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Latest preview27.0.0 / June 8, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-08)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Latest release25.5.0 / June 9, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-09)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)LicenseMostly Apple Public Source License (APSL), with closed-source drivers1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Official websiteopensource.apple.com/releases/1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)OS familyUnix-like, FreeBSD, BSD1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Repositorygithub.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macOS1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Source modelCurrently open source with proprietary components,[citation needed] previously open source1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Supported platformsCurrent: 64-bit ARM, x86-64 Historical: PowerPC (32-bit and 64-bit), IA-32, 32-bit ARM (32-bit ARM support is closed-source)1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Working stateCurrent1.00infobox
Darwin (operating system)Written inC, C++, Objective-C, assembly language1.00infobox

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