- 2018FreeNAS 11.2 includes a mobile-friendly Angular web interface, improved iocage plugin system, real-time APIv2, and synchronization with many more cloud storage providers.
- 2017FreeNAS releases version 11.1, adding virtual machine, Docker, and cloud synchronization support.
- 2016FreeNAS 9.10 is released, based on FreeBSD 10.3, bringing further refinement, broader hardware support, and performance improvements.
- 2015FreeNAS 9.3.1 is released, accompanied by a blog series dedicated to FreeNAS.
- 2014FreeNAS 9.2 and 9.3 are released, bringing a new volume manager, a setup wizard, and a REST API. This year also marked the retirement of UFS and 32-bit support.
- 2013FreeNAS 8.3 is released with full-disk encryption as well as FreeNAS 9.1 which is based on FreeBSD 9.
- 2012FreeNAS 8.2 is released. This release introduces support for third-party applications using a plugin system based on PC-BSD PBIs and FreeBSD jails.
- 2011FreeNAS 8.0 is released based on FreeBSD 8 with a re-written codebase and graphical user interface based on Django and the Dojo toolkit.
- 2010iXsystems takes over stewardship of the FreeNAS project and continues FreeNAS development on FreeBSD.
- 2009FreeNAS project lead Volker Theile announces he is no longer able to maintain FreeNAS on FreeBSD and wants to port the project to GNU/Linux.
- 2008Volker Theile becomes project lead.
- 2007FreeNAS named as one of the 2007 Best of Open Source Software winners by the InfoWorld Test Center.
- 2006FreeNAS is a winner of the VMware Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge: Consumer Prize.
- 2005FreeNAS is born thanks to the efforts of Olivier Cochard-Labbe! The first alpha version of FreeNAS is available as an ISO file on SourceForge.