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NetBSD

Rank #74 with 2 captured signals across 2 sources.

NetBSD is a breakout trend driven by social buzz with 2 signals across 2 sources (strongest on Stackoverflow).

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Total score26.5
MovementNew
MomentumNo prior run
First seen14 Apr 2026
NetBSD

About

What is NetBSD?

Free and open-source Unix-like operating system

NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially released after 386BSD was forked. It continues to be actively developed and is available for many platforms, including servers, desktops, handheld devices, and embedded systems.

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History

Score trajectory

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Component breakdown

Platform intelligence

Source-by-source breakdown

2 sources · 2 signals
community (1)developer (1)

Why now

Why is NetBSD trending?

1
Social signals are leading the move (5.0 score)
2
Cross-source confirmation is present across 2 sources
3
The trend improved by 77 ranking positions since the previous run
4
Discussed on Lobsters“Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t”
5
Discussed on Stackoverflow“NetBSD kqueue : inconsistent type for user data (kevent.udata)”

Identity

Aliases & duplicates

Tracked aliases
netbsd
NetBSD

Opportunity

What you can do with it

Stable
Composite25%
Discovery42%
SEO21%
Content20%
Product25%
Investment21%
Limited actionability signals

Prediction

Breakout outlook

Stable · 28% confidenceRecurring pattern detected (1 reappearances)
Recurring1 reappearances after gaps averaging 35.5 runs
88% confidence

Audience

Who and where this seems relevant

DeveloperAudience segment
1 signals
Language: ENLanguage
1 signals
B2CMarket segment
1 signals
Europe MarketMarket segment
1 signals
Us MarketMarket segment
1 signals

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Geo

Where it is showing up

No location signals yet.