| Port details |
- bird3 Dynamic multithreaded IP routing daemon
- 3.3.2 net
 =1      3.3.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: olivier@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2025-01-09 22:09:06
- Last Update: 2026-08-04 12:15:57
- Commit Hash: 9ef0702
- People watching this port, also watch:: tcpdump, metalock
- License: GPLv2
- WWW:
- https://bird.nic.cz/
- Description:
- The BIRD project aims to develop a fully functional dynamic IP routing daemon.
- Both IPv4 and IPv6
- Multiple routing tables
- BGP
- RIP
- OSPF
- LDP
- L3VPN
- Static routes
- Inter-table protocol
- Command-line interface
- Soft reconfiguration
- Powerful language for route filtering
Starting with release 3.x, BIRD is multi-threaded.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
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- Conflicts:
- CONFLICTS:
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/net/bird3/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install net/bird3
- pkg install bird3
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: bird3
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1785839034
SHA256 (bird-3.3.2.tar.gz) = 21297d7a02edd700ae82de5a630055a9cb88a99e2e7e45551bc7d6c1e5b4de2c
SIZE (bird-3.3.2.tar.gz) = 2864807
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- bison : devel/bison
- gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
- Library dependencies:
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- libssh.so : security/libssh
- libreadline.so.8 : devel/readline
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for bird3-3.3.2:
====> Routing Protocols
BFD=on: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
BABEL=on: Babel routing protocol
BMP=off: BGP Monitoring Protocol
BGP=on: Border Gateway Protocol
MRT=on: Dumping Routing Information in MRT Format
OSPF=on: Open Short Path First
PIPE=on: PIPE routing
RADV=on: Router Advertisement
RIP=on: Routing Information Protocol
RPKI=on: Resource Public Key Infrastructure
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- net_bird3
- USES:
- bison cpe gmake ncurses readline
- FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
3.3.2
04 Aug 2026 12:15:57
 |
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: update to 3.3.2
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.3.1
10 Jun 2026 18:08:14
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.3.1
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.3.0
26 May 2026 19:51:23
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.3.0
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.2.1_1
11 May 2026 15:17:40
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Fix STATIC option conflict
Remove the STATIC option (static routes) to avoid clashing with the global
static linking option. Enable static routes by default
Reported by: ivy
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.2.1
07 Apr 2026 16:58:27
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.2.1
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.2.0
05 Jan 2026 10:57:17
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.2.0
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.5
12 Dec 2025 12:16:55
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.5
Changelog: https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/blob/release-v3.1.5/NEWS
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.4
23 Sep 2025 15:46:15
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.4
Fixed several crashes in BGP, including one which was remotely exploitable.
MFH: 2025Q3
Security: CVE-2025-59688
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.3_2
12 Sep 2025 18:46:04
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Fix typo in RC script preventing to start
PR: 289483
Reported by: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> |
3.1.3_1
08 Sep 2025 00:49:05
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update rc script
Address some fixes:
- Modify rcorder to start sooner, enabling other daemons that rely on network
access to start correctly.
- Introduce gracefulrestart as an additional rc command.
PR: 282565
PR: 240732
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.3
05 Sep 2025 15:10:43
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.3
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.2
28 May 2025 19:02:12
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.2
Changelog:
- BGP: Fix warnings for roa_check
- MRT: Fix typo in assert
- ASPA: Fix table subscriptions
- ASPA: Fix filter parse crash
- Table: Fix several race conditions
- Shutdown: Do not export routes
- Logs: Fix logs reopening on configure undo
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.1.1
19 May 2025 13:05:32
|
Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.1
Changelog: https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/blob/67438ba9/NEWS
PR: 286833
Reported by: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
Sponsored by: Netflix |
3.0.0
09 Jan 2025 22:07:38
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Olivier Cochard (olivier) |
net/bird3: Add new branch 3.x (multithreaded)
Warning: Consider version 3.0.0 to be unstable.
PR: 283403
Sponsored by: Netflix |
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