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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