Gentoo source mirrors

Gentoo downloads can be retrieved from many mirrors around the globe. Selecting a mirror that is geographically near you may help speed up downloads.

Using source mirrors
The mirrors listed on this page contain installation files such as LiveCDs, Gentoo ebuild repository snapshots as well as distfiles (the actual program code for our packages).
To use a source mirror for Portage downloads, add a URL from the list below to the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in make.conf. More information is available in our wiki.
rsync mirrors
We also have a second type of mirrors that you use for updating your Portage tree (configured via repos.conf). They are available on a separate page.

We would like to thank the many organizations and individuals that are providing mirroring services to the Gentoo project. If you would like to contribute a mirror, please consult the relevant documentation.


Countries covered by Gentoo source mirrors

Region Countries
North America CA US
South America BR CL
Europe BE CH CZ DK FR DE GR IT LU NL PL PT RO SK ES TR UK
Australia and Oceania AU NC
Asia CN HK JP PH KR RU SG TW
Middle East IL KZ
Africa NA ZA

North America

CA – Canada

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Tera-byte Dot Com Inc ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirrors.tera-byte.com/pub/gentoo
http IPv4 only http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://mirrors.tera-byte.com/gentoo
University of Waterloo ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles
Gossamer Threads http IPv4 only http://gentoo.gossamerhost.com
rsync IPv4 only rsync://gentoo.gossamerhost.com/gentoo-distfiles/

US – United States of America (USA)

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
OSU Open Source Lab (Corvallis; New York; Chicago) http IPv4 + IPv6 https://gentoo.osuosl.org/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.osuosl.org/
LeaseWeb (Anycast: San Francisco; Dallas; Washington, D.C.; Miami) http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
Georgia Tech http IPv4 + IPv6 http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://rsync.gtlib.gatech.edu/gentoo
TDS Internet Services http IPv4 only http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo
University of Utah (Flux Group) http IPv4 only http://gentoo-mirror.flux.utah.edu/
Rochester Institute of Technology http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/
Pair Networks http IPv4 only http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/
Rackspace Technology http IPv4 only https://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/

South America

BR – Brazil

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
C3SL, Federal University of Paraná http IPv4 + IPv6 https://gentoo.c3sl.ufpr.br/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.c3sl.ufpr.br/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://gentoo.c3sl.ufpr.br/gentoo/

CL – Chile

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Universidad de La Frontera http IPv4 only https://mirror.ufro.cl/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirror.ufro.cl/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://gentoo.ufro.cl/gentoo/

Europe

BE – Belgium

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Belnet http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.belnet.be/pub/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.belnet.be/pub/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.belnet.be/gentoo/gentoo/

CH – Switzerland

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Init7 http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.init7.net/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.init7.net/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.init7.net/gentoo/

CZ – Czechia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Masaryk University Brno http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/
Web4U Mirror http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz/
UPC Česká republika, a.s. http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.dkm.cz/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.dkm.cz/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.dkm.cz/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.dkm.cz/gentoo/

DK – Denmark

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
dotsrc.org http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gentoo/

FR – France

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
OVH http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.mirrors.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/
Free ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/
Ircam http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/gentoo-distfiles/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/gentoo-distfiles/
soeasyto.com http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.soeasyto.com/distfiles.gentoo.org/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirrors.soeasyto.com/distfiles.gentoo.org/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirrors.soeasyto.com/distfiles.gentoo.org/
modulix.net http IPv4 only http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/
Orchid Linux http IPv4 only https://mirror.orchid-linux.org/

DE – Germany

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
LeaseWeb (Anycast: Frankfurt) http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
Ruhr-Universität Bochum http IPv4 + IPv6 https://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo
Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.fau.de/gentoo
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.fau.de/gentoo
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.fau.de/gentoo
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.fau.de/gentoo
Dresden University of Technology/AG DSN http IPv4 only http://ftp.agdsn.de/gentoo
https IPv4 only https://ftp.agdsn.de/gentoo
rsync IPv4 only rsync://ftp.agdsn.de/gentoo
University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/gentoo/
1&1 Internet SE http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/gentoo/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/gentoo/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/gentoo/
Netcologne ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/
RWTH Aachen University http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/gentoo/
TU Ilmenau http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/mirror/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/mirror/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/mirror/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/gentoo/
Leibniz Universität Hannover http IPv4 only https://ftp.uni-hannover.de/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://ftp.uni-hannover.de/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://ftp.uni-hannover.de/gentoo/
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg http IPv4 + IPv6 https://packages.hs-regensburg.de/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://packages.hs-regensburg.de/gentoo-distfiles/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://packages.hs-regensburg.de/gentoo-distfiles/

GR – Greece

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
National Technical University of Athens ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/

IT – Italy

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
GARR http IPv4 + IPv6 https://gentoo.mirror.garr.it/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.mirror.garr.it/

LU – Luxembourg

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
root S.A. http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo.mirror.root.lu/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.root.lu/gentoo/

NL – Netherlands

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Universiteit Twente http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/gentoo
LeaseWeb (Anycast: Amsterdam) http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/

PL – Poland

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Vectranet rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.vectranet.pl/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.vectranet.pl/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.vectranet.pl/gentoo/

PT – Portugal

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
RNL - Técnico Lisboa http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/
University of Coimbra ftp IPv4 only ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/gentoo/

RO – Romania

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
xservers.ro Gazduire Web http IPv4 only http://mirrors.xservers.ro/gentoo/
Romanian Organization Network http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.romnet.org/gentoo/

SK – Slovakia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Wheel.sk http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.wheel.sk/gentoo
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.wheel.sk/gentoo
Rainside.sk http IPv4 only http://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/

ES – Spain

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL

TR – Türkiye (Turkey)

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Turkish Linux Users Group - Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi(LKD) http IPv4 only https://ftp.linux.org.tr/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://ftp.linux.org.tr/gentoo-distfiles/

UK – United Kingdom (UK)

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Bytemark Hosting ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/
Get Hosted online ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirrors.gethosted.online/gentoo
http IPv4 only https://mirrors.gethosted.online/gentoo
http IPv4 only http://mirrors.gethosted.online/gentoo
The UK Mirror Service http IPv4 + IPv6 https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/distfiles.gentoo.org/
Rackspace Technology http IPv4 only https://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/

Australia and Oceania

AU – Australia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
AARnet http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo/
Swinburne University of Technology ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo
Rackspace Technology http IPv4 only https://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/

NC – New Caledonia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Lagoon http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.lagoon.nc/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.lagoon.nc/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.lagoon.nc/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.lagoon.nc/gentoo/

Asia

CN – China

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Alibaba Cloud Computing http IPv4 only https://mirrors.aliyun.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirrors.aliyun.com/gentoo/
Netease.com, Inc. http IPv4 only https://mirrors.163.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirrors.163.com/gentoo/
Tsinghua University http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/gentoo

HK – Hong Kong

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
aditsu.net http IPv4 only http://gentoo.aditsu.net:8000/
Rackspace Technology http IPv4 only https://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://mirror.rackspace.com/gentoo/

JP – Japan

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Internet Initiative Japan rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/linux/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/linux/gentoo/
JAIST http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Gentoo/
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Gentoo/
RIKEN http IPv4 only https://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://ftp.riken.jp/gentoo/

PH – Philippines

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
RISE ftp IPv4 only ftp://mirror.rise.ph/gentoo
http IPv4 only http://mirror.rise.ph/gentoo

KR – Korea

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
KAIST http IPv4 only http://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/gentoo/
lanet.kr http IPv4 + IPv6 http://ftp.lanet.kr/pub/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 https://ftp.lanet.kr/pub/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://ftp.lanet.kr/pub/gentoo/
Daum Communications Corp http IPv4 only http://ftp.daum.net/gentoo/

RU – Russia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Yandex.ru http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/
Alexxy.name http IPv4 + IPv6 https://gentoo-mirror.alexxy.name/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://gentoo-mirror.alexxy.name/
Bloodhost.ru http IPv4 only http://gentoo.bloodhost.ru/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://gentoo.bloodhost.ru/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://gentoo.bloodhost.ru/gentoo-distfiles

SG – Singapore

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
National University of Singapore http IPv4 only https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://download.nus.edu.sg/gentoo/

TW – Taiwan

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
National Center for High-Performance Computing http IPv4 only http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Gentoo/

Middle East

IL – Israel

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Hamakor FOSS Society http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/gentoo/
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/gentoo/

KZ – Kazakhstan

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Neo Lab's http IPv4 + IPv6 https://mirror.ps.kz/gentoo/pub
http IPv4 + IPv6 http://mirror.ps.kz/gentoo/pub
ftp IPv4 + IPv6 ftp://mirror.ps.kz/gentoo/pub
rsync IPv4 + IPv6 rsync://mirror.ps.kz/gentoo

Africa

NA – Namibia

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
Namibia University of Science and Technology http IPv4 only http://download.nust.na/pub/gentoo/

ZA – South Africa

Name Protocol IPv4/v6 URL
University of Cape Town http IPv4 only https://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/gentoo/
http IPv4 only http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/gentoo/
ftp IPv4 only ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/gentoo/
rsync IPv4 only rsync://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/gentoo/