GhostBSD is a simple, user-friendly operating system, based on the legendary security and stability of the FreeBSD operating system. Within the BSD community, FreeBSD itself is renowned for being an exceptionally stable, robust, and lightweight operating system that provides an excellent base for Desktop. However, FreeBSD is aiming at servers, router, storage appliance, and it is also considered to be beyond the reach of those who lack the technical expertise required to use it.

GhostBSD provides all the benefits of the FreeBSD operating system combined with a focus on simplicity for newcomers. GhostBSD is ship with a simple installer, including MATE or XFCE desktop environments, pre-installed, with a graphical application to easily install software and update your system, codecs to play multimedia files is also pre-installed. GhostBSD is suitable for newcomers to BSD as well as *nix experienced users. With modest hardware requirements, GhostBSD is ideal for modern workstations, and single-board computers 64-bit hardware.