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86Box Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem
6.0_1 emulators Σ=1 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 6.0_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: tiga@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-08-03 11:42:04
Last Update: 2026-08-13 10:22:14
Commit Hash: 95f9a68
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License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://86box.net/
Description: #
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port
Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-6.0_1/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-6.0_1/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-6.0_1/GPLv2
  4. bin/86Box
  5. bin/86Box-install-roms.sh
  6. share/applications/net.86box.86Box.desktop
  7. share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  8. share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  9. share/icons/hicolor/20x20/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  10. share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  11. share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  12. share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  13. share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  14. share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  15. share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  16. share/icons/hicolor/72x72/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  17. @owner
  18. @group
  19. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • 86Box>0:emulators/86Box
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/emulators/86Box/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install emulators/86Box
  • pkg install 86Box
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: 86Box
Flavors: #
there is no flavor information for this port.
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: aarch64 amd64 powerpc64le
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1780265373 SHA256 (86Box-86Box-v6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9c3c52b8587dac6adbfeab566d9543d37fec554ef00c147e39deebc418fab07c SIZE (86Box-86Box-v6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 17170254
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
86Box
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest6.0_16.0_1---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly6.0_16.0_1---
FreeBSD:15:latest6.0_16.0_1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly6.0_16.0_1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest6.0_16.0_1n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. evdev-proto>=5.8 : devel/evdev-proto
  2. vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
  3. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  4. ninja : devel/ninja
  5. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  6. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  7. sdl2-config : devel/sdl20
  8. gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
  9. ECMConfig.cmake : devel/kf6-extra-cmake-modules
  10. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  11. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  12. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  13. xi.pc : x11/libXi
  14. lupdate : devel/qt6-tools
Runtime dependencies: #
  1. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  2. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  3. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  4. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  5. xi.pc : x11/libXi
Library dependencies: #
  1. libevdev.so : devel/libevdev
  2. libfluidsynth.so : audio/fluidsynth
  3. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  4. libopenal.so : audio/openal-soft
  5. libpng.so : graphics/png
  6. librtmidi.so : audio/rtmidi
  7. libslirp.so : net/libslirp
  8. libsndfile.so : audio/libsndfile
  9. libvdeplug.so : net/vde2
  10. libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon
  11. libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland
  12. libOpenGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  13. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  14. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  15. libSDL2.so : devel/sdl20
  16. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  17. libQt6Core.so : devel/qt6-base
There are no ports dependent upon this port #
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for 86Box-6.0_1: NLS=on: Native Language Support WAYLAND=on: Wayland (graphics) support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
emulators_86Box
USES: #
cmake compiler:c++11-lang desktop-file-utils gl gnome pkgconfig qmake qt:6 sdl xorg gettext-runtime kde
pkg-message: #
For install:
(1) 86Box requires you to manually install ROMS to be able to run. To do this, you can type in the following command: 86Box-install-roms.sh -i (2) Running 86Box through the desktop shortcut uses the configuration which is placed in the folder ~/.config/86Box.cfg
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/86Box/86Box/tar.gz/v6.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 18 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
6.0_1
13 Aug 2026 10:22:14
commit hash: 95f9a6808973a87e6d0ae27a5c4a228d12b747a9commit hash: 95f9a6808973a87e6d0ae27a5c4a228d12b747a9commit hash: 95f9a6808973a87e6d0ae27a5c4a228d12b747a9commit hash: 95f9a6808973a87e6d0ae27a5c4a228d12b747a9 files touched by this commit		 Max Brazhnikov (makc) search for other commits by this committer 
*/*: Switch to USES=kde

All these ports use only the ECM module shipped with KDE Frameworks.
ECM from Frameworks 5 has been replaced by Frameworks 6 counterpart
a while ago. While here, drop runtime dependency on ECM.

Differential:	D58578
Reviewed by:	adridg, arrowd, jhale
6.0_1
09 Jul 2026 22:45:31
commit hash: 00cab903f60289b134de646ef5d7c59351ddc842commit hash: 00cab903f60289b134de646ef5d7c59351ddc842commit hash: 00cab903f60289b134de646ef5d7c59351ddc842commit hash: 00cab903f60289b134de646ef5d7c59351ddc842 files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Add vde to Makefile

- Add net/vde2 as dependency for Network Distributed Ethernet
- Bump portrevision
- Pet Makefile

PR:		295559
Reported by:	Ariel Millennium Thornton <arielmt@thornton2.com>
MFH:		2023Q3
6.0
16 Jun 2026 11:47:27
commit hash: e768647e8e471343c673bb0f555dd0ad67173ea0commit hash: e768647e8e471343c673bb0f555dd0ad67173ea0commit hash: e768647e8e471343c673bb0f555dd0ad67173ea0commit hash: e768647e8e471343c673bb0f555dd0ad67173ea0 files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Update to version 6.0

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/86Box/86Box/releases/tag/v6.0
MFH:		2026Q2
5.3
03 May 2026 14:18:05
commit hash: 2daff320c5251c228315c93e340be4c742371573commit hash: 2daff320c5251c228315c93e340be4c742371573commit hash: 2daff320c5251c228315c93e340be4c742371573commit hash: 2daff320c5251c228315c93e340be4c742371573 files touched by this commit		 Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Vincent		 
emulators/86Box: Fix building after the x11/xorgproto update

PR:		293585
Fixes:	18550fa4f69c140eb8fb138024bcfefaf896bcdf
5.3
02 Feb 2026 22:03:50
commit hash: 618c8e365d2a447cd05a465a0394a7548042e1becommit hash: 618c8e365d2a447cd05a465a0394a7548042e1becommit hash: 618c8e365d2a447cd05a465a0394a7548042e1becommit hash: 618c8e365d2a447cd05a465a0394a7548042e1be files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Update to version 5.3

ChangeLog:	https://86box.net/2025/12/21/86box-v5-3.htmlA
Approved by:	eduardo (mentor, implicit)
MFH:		2026Q1
5.2
29 Oct 2025 23:40:44
commit hash: 7aecca2f25a7208b202fa50ff7e654f97bfccaa6commit hash: 7aecca2f25a7208b202fa50ff7e654f97bfccaa6commit hash: 7aecca2f25a7208b202fa50ff7e654f97bfccaa6commit hash: 7aecca2f25a7208b202fa50ff7e654f97bfccaa6 files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Update to version 5.2

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/86Box/86Box/releases/tag/v5.2
PR:		290668
Approved by:	eduardo (mentor, implicit)
5.1
07 Oct 2025 23:06:34
commit hash: eded20ea39f101b09dbc178ba5e2f268797c486bcommit hash: eded20ea39f101b09dbc178ba5e2f268797c486bcommit hash: eded20ea39f101b09dbc178ba5e2f268797c486bcommit hash: eded20ea39f101b09dbc178ba5e2f268797c486b files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Update to version 5.1

* Removed qt5 flavor
* Pet portlint, portclippy, portfmt

ChangeLog:	https://86box.net/2025/09/14/86box-v5-1.html
PR:		290079
Approved by:	eduardo (mentor)
5.0
01 Oct 2025 19:18:58
commit hash: 4e450f33b9f9cf668688f9c439c58871751e2bbbcommit hash: 4e450f33b9f9cf668688f9c439c58871751e2bbbcommit hash: 4e450f33b9f9cf668688f9c439c58871751e2bbbcommit hash: 4e450f33b9f9cf668688f9c439c58871751e2bbb files touched by this commit		 Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer 
*/*: update maintainer to @freebsd.org

PR:		289928
Approved by:	eduardo (mentor)
5.0
25 Aug 2025 19:20:20
commit hash: fa13682e0658bf1647ba66fca0aec1231fd616bacommit hash: fa13682e0658bf1647ba66fca0aec1231fd616bacommit hash: fa13682e0658bf1647ba66fca0aec1231fd616bacommit hash: fa13682e0658bf1647ba66fca0aec1231fd616ba files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: gatekeeper		 
emulators/86Box: Update 4.2.1 => 5.0

Release notes and changelog:
https://86box.net/2025/08/24/86box-v5-0.html

PR:	289087
4.2.1
17 Jan 2025 07:49:41
commit hash: f0c8b4e64ae467c3e2a3e3b2ad8e7717249ae005commit hash: f0c8b4e64ae467c3e2a3e3b2ad8e7717249ae005commit hash: f0c8b4e64ae467c3e2a3e3b2ad8e7717249ae005commit hash: f0c8b4e64ae467c3e2a3e3b2ad8e7717249ae005 files touched by this commit		 Antoine Brodin (antoine) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: default FLAVOR must be the first one
4.2.1
09 Oct 2024 11:50:09
commit hash: 4c3c72e9387b25850f5f7ebeb7966369b87ab17dcommit hash: 4c3c72e9387b25850f5f7ebeb7966369b87ab17dcommit hash: 4c3c72e9387b25850f5f7ebeb7966369b87ab17dcommit hash: 4c3c72e9387b25850f5f7ebeb7966369b87ab17d files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: gatekeeper		 
emulators/86Box: Update 4.2 → 4.2.1

Changelog:
https://github.com/86Box/86Box/releases/tag/v4.2.1

PR:	281943
4.2_3
13 Aug 2024 15:12:32
commit hash: 8875c7cb03a5525830f0ed55eefe8c5256058adecommit hash: 8875c7cb03a5525830f0ed55eefe8c5256058adecommit hash: 8875c7cb03a5525830f0ed55eefe8c5256058adecommit hash: 8875c7cb03a5525830f0ed55eefe8c5256058ade files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: bump after "Improve Makefile"

Approved by:	gatekeeper <tiago.gasiba@gmail.com> (maintainer, via Discord)
Fixes:		577a8353dc68 (Improve Makefile)
4.2_2
13 Aug 2024 14:31:36
commit hash: 577a8353dc6865db743bb1752458cc0aa6a555f3commit hash: 577a8353dc6865db743bb1752458cc0aa6a555f3commit hash: 577a8353dc6865db743bb1752458cc0aa6a555f3commit hash: 577a8353dc6865db743bb1752458cc0aa6a555f3 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: Improve Makefile

 - Require c++11 for default cmake option CPPTHREADS.
 - Enable RELEASE build.
 - Disable runtime use Discord library - it isn't available for FreeBSD.
 - Align to make the Makefile look better.

Approved by:	gatekeeper <tiago.gasiba@gmail.com> (maintainer, via Discord)
4.2_2
13 Aug 2024 11:16:37
commit hash: 11426d467e47bd096ebab52c32070808049a6022commit hash: 11426d467e47bd096ebab52c32070808049a6022commit hash: 11426d467e47bd096ebab52c32070808049a6022commit hash: 11426d467e47bd096ebab52c32070808049a6022 files touched by this commit		 Piotr Kubaj (pkubaj) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: enable on powerpc64le
4.2_2
12 Aug 2024 13:50:52
commit hash: 465c31f9b51d509db686cd8dffca54b498839a04commit hash: 465c31f9b51d509db686cd8dffca54b498839a04commit hash: 465c31f9b51d509db686cd8dffca54b498839a04commit hash: 465c31f9b51d509db686cd8dffca54b498839a04 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: gatekeeper		 
emulators/86Box: add support for aarch64 and improvements to configuration file

* Add support for aarch64
* Set the configuration to ~/.config/86Box.cfg when running from desktop
shortcut
* Make this behavior explicit in pkg-message

PR:	280764
4.2_1
07 Aug 2024 00:12:33
commit hash: d2c76bc40a757fd78ebd31b13616f916e6dfc012commit hash: d2c76bc40a757fd78ebd31b13616f916e6dfc012commit hash: d2c76bc40a757fd78ebd31b13616f916e6dfc012commit hash: d2c76bc40a757fd78ebd31b13616f916e6dfc012 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: gatekeeper		 
emulators/86Box: add helper script to allow user to easily download ROMs

To run 86Box, users need to install the necessary ROMs. This commit
provides a helper script called 86Box-install-roms.sh that automates
this process.

PR:	280664
4.2
03 Aug 2024 12:21:22
commit hash: 0ee95e721fa344313379c1600ad944b908f1fcb8commit hash: 0ee95e721fa344313379c1600ad944b908f1fcb8commit hash: 0ee95e721fa344313379c1600ad944b908f1fcb8commit hash: 0ee95e721fa344313379c1600ad944b908f1fcb8 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer 
emulators/86Box: use DESKTOPDIR

PR:	280205
Fixes:	af9050eeb8d0 (New port: low level x86 emulator based on PCem)
4.2
03 Aug 2024 11:34:17
commit hash: af9050eeb8d0c504ca1347398222f751bab6f329commit hash: af9050eeb8d0c504ca1347398222f751bab6f329commit hash: af9050eeb8d0c504ca1347398222f751bab6f329commit hash: af9050eeb8d0c504ca1347398222f751bab6f329 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: gatekeeper		 
emulators/86Box: New port: low level x86 emulator based on PCem

86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and
software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through
fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
https://86box.net
https://github.com/86Box/86Box

PR:	280205

Number of commits found: 18

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