Notice: TENET intends to decommission mirror.ac.za on or after 10 September 2025. Please re-configure your system(s) to use alternative sources.

Use of this resource by the South African higher education and research community has declined to the point where it we can no longer justify the ongoing expense of maintaining it. For further background to this decision, please see our post to the community-announce@list (or contact your institution's representative who is subscribed to that list).

Address Mirror description Last sync details
https://alma.mirror.ac.za
ftp://alma.mirror.ac.za
rsync://alma.mirror.ac.za/alma

alma Mirror Alma Linux Mirror
An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL and pre-Stream CentOS.
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 1023G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 08:04:29 SAST 2025
https://alpine.mirror.ac.za
ftp://alpine.mirror.ac.za
rsync://alpine.mirror.ac.za/alpine

alpine Mirror Alpine Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Alpine Linux distribution
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 4.03T
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 22:35:12 SAST 2025
https://archlinux.mirror.ac.za
ftp://archlinux.mirror.ac.za
rsync://archlinux.mirror.ac.za/archlinux

archlinux Mirror Arch Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Arch Linux
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 124G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 05:19:00 SAST 2025
https://biomirror.mirror.ac.za
ftp://biomirror.mirror.ac.za
rsync://biomirror.mirror.ac.za/biomirror

biomirror Mirror bio-mirror.net Mirror
Probably the largest centralized bio-informatics stores in the world thanks to bio-mirror.net
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 1.58T
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 19:15:22 SAST 2025
https://cpan.mirror.ac.za
ftp://cpan.mirror.ac.za
rsync://cpan.mirror.ac.za/cpan

cpan Mirror CPAN Mirror
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 32.2G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 12:14:36 SAST 2025
https://cran.mirror.ac.za
ftp://cran.mirror.ac.za
rsync://cran.mirror.ac.za/cran

cran Mirror CRAN Mirror
The Comprehensive R Archive Network Mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 574G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 04:19:24 SAST 2025
https://ctan.mirror.ac.za
ftp://ctan.mirror.ac.za
rsync://ctan.mirror.ac.za/ctan

ctan Mirror CTAN Mirror
Comprehensive TEX Archive Network Mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 56.5G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 13:17:09 SAST 2025
https://debian.mirror.ac.za
ftp://debian.mirror.ac.za
rsync://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian

debian Mirror Debian Mirror
One of the most popular Linux distributions to date
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 1.86T
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 06:30:52 SAST 2025
https://freebsd.mirror.ac.za
ftp://freebsd.mirror.ac.za
rsync://freebsd.mirror.ac.za/freebsd

freebsd Mirror FreeBSD Mirror
ftp.za.freebsd.org FreeBSD South African mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 703G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 18:16:46 SAST 2025
https://gmt.mirror.ac.za
ftp://gmt.mirror.ac.za
rsync://gmt.mirror.ac.za/gmt

gmt Mirror Generic Mapping Tools Mirror
A Mirror of the Generic Mapping Tools
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 104G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 17:14:29 SAST 2025
https://grass.mirror.ac.za
ftp://grass.mirror.ac.za
rsync://grass.mirror.ac.za/grass

grass Mirror Grass Mirror
GRASS GIS is a free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 29.8G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 10:18:50 SAST 2025
https://ipfire.mirror.ac.za
ftp://ipfire.mirror.ac.za
rsync://ipfire.mirror.ac.za/ipfire

ipfire Mirror IPFire Mirror
IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario and extensibility make it usable for everyone
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 289G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 04:16:18 SAST 2025
https://macports.mirror.ac.za
ftp://macports.mirror.ac.za
rsync://macports.mirror.ac.za/macports

macports Mirror MacPorts Mirror
Open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 2.22T
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 06:46:42 SAST 2025
https://manjaro.mirror.ac.za
ftp://manjaro.mirror.ac.za
rsync://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/manjaro

manjaro Mirror Manjaro Linux Mirror
A Mirror of Manjaro Linux
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 199G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 14:20:48 SAST 2025
https://mint.mirror.ac.za
ftp://mint.mirror.ac.za
rsync://mint.mirror.ac.za/mint

mint Mirror Linux Mint Mirror
A Mirror of Linux Mint
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 107G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 16:46:14 SAST 2025
https://opensuse.mirror.ac.za
ftp://opensuse.mirror.ac.za
rsync://opensuse.mirror.ac.za/opensuse

opensuse Mirror OpenSuSE Linux Mirror
An OpenSuSE Linux mirror
Sync in progress
https://openvz.mirror.ac.za
ftp://openvz.mirror.ac.za
rsync://openvz.mirror.ac.za/openvz

openvz Mirror Open Virtuozzo Mirror
operating-system-level virtualization technology for Linux
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 381G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 19:24:11 SAST 2025
https://perfsonar.mirror.ac.za
ftp://perfsonar.mirror.ac.za
rsync://perfsonar.mirror.ac.za/perfsonar

perfsonar Mirror perfSONAR RPM Mirror
perfSONAR RPM mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 58.0G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 10:23:22 SAST 2025
https://raspbian.mirror.ac.za
ftp://raspbian.mirror.ac.za
rsync://raspbian.mirror.ac.za/raspbian

raspbian Mirror Raspbian.org Mirror
Raspbian is a free operating system based on Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your Raspberry Pi run. However Raspbian provides more than a pure OS-it comes with over 35000 packages pre-compiled software bundled in a nice format for easy installation on your Raspberry Pi
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 621G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 12:43:47 SAST 2025
https://rocky.mirror.ac.za
ftp://rocky.mirror.ac.za
rsync://rocky.mirror.ac.za/rocky

rocky Mirror rockylinux.org Mirror
Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is under intensive development by the community.
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 1.80T
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 03:29:00 SAST 2025
https://sabayon.mirror.ac.za
ftp://sabayon.mirror.ac.za
rsync://sabayon.mirror.ac.za/sabayon

sabayon Mirror Sabayon Linux Mirror
Sabayon Linux Mirror
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 427G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 23:25:02 SAST 2025
https://sagemath.mirror.ac.za
ftp://sagemath.mirror.ac.za
rsync://sagemath.mirror.ac.za/sagemath

sagemath Mirror Sagemath Mirror
free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 448G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 01:26:09 SAST 2025
https://slackware.mirror.ac.za
ftp://slackware.mirror.ac.za
rsync://slackware.mirror.ac.za/slackware

slackware Mirror Slackware Mirror
One of the older Linux distributions still actively developed
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 266G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 03:30:17 SAST 2025
https://solydxk.mirror.ac.za
ftp://solydxk.mirror.ac.za
rsync://solydxk.mirror.ac.za/solydxk

solydxk Mirror SolydXK Mirror
A Dutch Linux distribution based on Debian. It aims to be simple to use, providing an environment that is stable, secure, and ideal for small businesses, non-profit organizations and home users
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 7.28G
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 20:28:08 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu-cloud.mirror.ac.za
ftp://ubuntu-cloud.mirror.ac.za
rsync://ubuntu-cloud.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-cloud

ubuntu-cloud Mirror Ubuntu Cloud Mirror
Ubuntu Cloud Images are the official Ubuntu images and are pre-installed disk images that have been customized by Ubuntu engineering to run on public clouds that provide Ubuntu Certified Images, Openstack, LXD, and more
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 1.80T
Date/time: Mon Sep 1 21:31:16 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu-release.mirror.ac.za
ftp://ubuntu-release.mirror.ac.za
rsync://ubuntu-release.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-release

ubuntu-release Mirror Ubuntu Releases Mirror
Various distributions of Ubuntu
SUCCESS Sync status: Successful
Size on disk: 41.3G
Date/time: Tue Sep 2 06:32:04 SAST 2025
https://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za
ftp://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za
rsync://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu

ubuntu Mirror Ubuntu Mirror
A global linux distribution home grown in South Africa
Sync in progress