The continuing growth of OpenBSD depends on attracting new users, developers, software suppliers, and consultants. One means of reaching new users is via users groups, where people can exchange experiences, ideas, free software, and find out that there are others with similar problems and solutions.
The following user groups are either specific to OpenBSD or at least to the BSD family of systems. However, the OpenBSD Project does not necessarily endorse any of these. Please contact the User's Group directly.
These entries are arranged geographically by country, so that you may more readily find a users' group near you.
Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Germany Ghana Hungary Iran Japan Norway Poland Slovenia Sweden USA United Kingdom
If you want to see your group listed, the format is quite rigid; please use this template (do not just copy and paste plain text from your browser!). When you think it's ready, mail it to misc at openbsd.org, with a Subject: line containing the word "groups" and either the word "new" or "update".
| Group Name/ Contact Person | City/ Province | When Meeting | Email URL | Type of group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | ||||
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Alejandro A. F. Japkin EnsamblE - Wireless | Buenos Aires | Irregular |
ArpateC@gmx.net | OpenBSD | *BSD |
| Australia | ||||
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BSD Users Group of Sydney | Sydney | Irregular | https://www.bugs.au.freebsd.org | *BSD |
| Austria | ||||
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BSD Stammtisch Wien | Vienna | Irregular | https://bsdstammtisch.at/ | *BSD |
| Brazil | ||||
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Vinícius Zavam Brazilian OpenBSD Users Group (OpenBSD-BR) | Irregular |
egypcio@bsd.com.br http://www.openbsd-br.org | OpenBSD | |
| Canada | ||||
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Greater Toronto BSD User's Group | Toronto Ontario | Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM | https://www.gtabug.ca | *BSD |
| Germany | ||||
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Stefan Hagen Unix User Group Rhein-Neckar (UUGRN) | Heidelberg Baden | 1st Friday and 3rd Monday each month at 7:00PM |
sh@uugrn.org https://uugrn.org | *BSD |
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BSD User Group Hamburg | Hamburg | First Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM | https://www.bsdhh.org | *BSD |
| Ghana | ||||
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Archzilon Eshun-Davies OpenBSD Ghana | Accra Accra | Last Saturday of each month at 7:00PM |
laudarch@qremiaevolution.org | OpenBSD |
| Hungary | ||||
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Gábor Légrádi Magyar BSD Egyesület (Hungarian BSD Association) | Budapest | Irregular |
info@bsd.hu https://bsd.hu | *BSD |
| Iran | ||||
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Bahador Nazari Fard OpenBSD_Iran | Isfahan Isfahan | Irregular |
bahador.nazarifard@gmail.com | OpenBSD |
| Japan | ||||
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Takahiro Kambe Kansai *BSD User's Group, K*BUG | Kyoto and Osaka Kansai | Irregular |
kbug-admin@kbug.gr.jp https://www.kbug.gr.jp | *BSD |
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Echigo BSD Users Group | Niigata | 4 times a year |
inquiry@ebug.jp https://www.ebug.jp | *BSD |
| Norway | ||||
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Norwegian BSD User Group | Irregular | http://www.nobug.no | *BSD | |
| Poland | ||||
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Frederic Cambus SBUG | Rzeszow Podkarpackie | Irregular | https://www.sbug.org | OpenBSD, *BSD |
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Mariusz Zaborski Polish BSD User Group | Warsaw Mazovia | Last Thursday of each month at 6:00PM |
oshogbo@FreeBSD.org https://bsd-pl.org | *BSD |
| Slovenia | ||||
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Jan Prunk BSD users group Slovenia | Ljubljana | First Thursday of each month at 8:00PM |
janprunk@gmail.com https://bsd.si | *BSD |
| Sweden | ||||
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BSD Users Sweden (a.k.a BUS) | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Luleå | Irregular, quarterly |
bus@stacken.kth.se | *BSD |
| United States | ||||
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Shawn Nock Tucson Free Unix Group (TFUG) | Tucson Arizona | Irregular |
nock@email.arizona.edu http://www.tfug.org | *BSD |
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Zeke Krahlin Berkeley Unix User Group | Berkeley California | Every Thursday at 7:00PM | http://www.buug.org | *BSD |
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Ben Lovett San Diego BSD Users Group | San Diego California | First Thursday of each month at 7:00PM | http://www.sdbug.org | *BSD |
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Aaron Bieber Colorado BSD Users Group | Pueblo Colorado | Irregular |
admin@cobug.org https://cobug.org | *BSD |
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New Orleans *BSD User Group | New Orleans Louisiana | Third Thursday of each month | http://www.nolug.org | *BSD |
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Michael W. Lucas semibug | Detroit Michigan | Third Tuesday of each month |
semibug@lists.nycbug.org http://www.semibug.org | *BSD |
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Jonathan Franks Capital District *BSD Users Group (CDBUG) | Albany New York | Third Tuesday of each month at 6:45PM |
jonathan.franks@gmail.com https://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/cdbug-talk | *BSD |
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NYC *BSD Users Group (NYC*BUG) | New York New York | First Wednesday of each month at 6:00PM | https://nycbug.org | *BSD |
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Kevin Williams, Andrew Hewus Fresh BSD Pizza Night (group) | Portland Oregon | 3rd Thursday, 7pm | https://bsd.pizza | *BSD |
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James Rieve BSD User Group Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge Tennessee | Every Sunday at 2:00PM |
BUGORTN@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/site/bugortn/Home | *BSD |
| United Kingdom | ||||
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Sam Smith Manchester BSD User Group | Manchester | Usually the second week of each month | http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/manchester | *BSD |
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Mark Blackman London *BSD Meetup | London Greater London | Irregular | http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/london | *BSD |