Feature request: FreeBSD / BSD support

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 22, 2026 by eoinlane Closed Mar 25, 2026

Summary

Requesting official FreeBSD / BSD support for Claude Code.

Current state

Claude Code already runs on FreeBSD (15.0-RELEASE) via Node.js, but there are rough edges since the platform isn't officially supported:

  • Platform detection assumes Linux — various checks don't account for BSD
  • Mason LSP auto-install fails on FreeBSD (packages/binaries not available)
  • Some treesitter parsers fail to compile (e.g. terraform)
  • Workarounds are possible but require manual patching

Environment

  • FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p4 (amd64)
  • Node.js via pkg
  • Claude Code installed via npm

Request

Formal BSD platform support, or at minimum documented guidance for running on FreeBSD with known limitations called out.

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