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|Short description=Set of common utilities built as single binary
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|Full description=BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip, tar, etc., and provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded system. BusyBox was written with limited resources and size-optimization in mind. It is also modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash), and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae). For a really minimal system, just use the busybox shell (not a POSIX shell, but very small and quite usable).
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|Full description='''BusyBox''' combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilites into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utlities you usually find in [[GNU coreutils]].
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|User level=intermediate
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|Status=Live
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The utilites in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured [[GNU coreutils|GNU cousins]].
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This package is widely used for rescue and embedded systems. It also provides more compact alternatives to other common utilities such as bzip2, dhcp, [[diffutils]], [[e2fsprogs]],  [[file]], [[findutils]], [[gawk]], [[grep]], [[inetutils]], [[less]], [[modutils]], net-tools, [[procps]],  [[sed]], shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, [[tar]], [[util-linux]], and [[vim]].
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.busybox.net/
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.busybox.net/
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|VCS checkout command=:pserver:anonymous@busybox.net:/var/cvs login
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|User level=advanced
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://busybox.net/busybox.git
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=User README available in HTML format from http://www.busybox.net/downloads/README User manpage available in HTML format from http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
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|Documentation note=User manpage available in HTML format from https://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
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|Paid support=
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|IRC help=
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|IRC general=irc://irc.freenode.net/busybox
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|IRC general=
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|Related projects=coreutils,util-linux
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|IRC development=
 
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|Related projects=Tiny_Login,minit
 
 
|Keywords=embedded,utilities,BusyBox
 
|Keywords=embedded,utilities,BusyBox
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|Is GNU=n
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|Version identifier=1.26.1
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Version date=2017/01/02
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|Last review date=2009-10-21
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|Version status=stable
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|Submitted by=Database conversion
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|Version download=https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.26.1.tar.bz2
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2018/02/07
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Version identifier=1.0.1
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|Is GNU=No
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|Version date=2005-08-18
 
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|Version status=stable
 
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|Version download=http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.gz
 
 
|License verified date=2000-12-13
 
|License verified date=2000-12-13
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|Version comment=1.0.1 stable released 2005-08-18
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|License=GPLv2
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/10
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|License note=https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/LICENSE
 
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{{Person
 
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|Real name=Erik Andersen
 
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|Real name=Kent Robotti
 
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|Email=robotti@metconnect.com
 
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|Real name=Larry Doolittle
 
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|Real name=Matt Kraai
 
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|Real name=Denys Vlasenko
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/busybox
 
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Latest revision as of 07:35, 15 February 2018


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BusyBox

http://www.busybox.net/
Set of common utilities built as single binary

BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilites into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utlities you usually find in GNU coreutils.

The utilites in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins.

This package is widely used for rescue and embedded systems. It also provides more compact alternatives to other common utilities such as bzip2, dhcp, diffutils, e2fsprogs, file, findutils, gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim.



Download

https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.26.1.tar.bz2




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv2

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

10 January 2017

Notes

https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/LICENSE




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Denys Vlasenko Maintainer
Kent Robotti Contributor
Larry Doolittle Contributor
Matt Kraai Contributor
Erik Andersen Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
SupportE-mailmailto:busybox@busybox.net
GuixHomepagehttps://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/b.html
DeveloperDownloadhttps://busybox.net/downloads/
Developer & UserBug Trackinghttps://bugs.busybox.net/
GentooHomepagehttps://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/busybox
DeveloperE-mailmailto:busybox-cvs@busybox.net
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/busybox
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.busybox.net/busybox/
NetBSDHomepagehttp://pkgsrc.se/wip/busybox
FreeBSDHomepagehttps://www.freshports.org/sysutils/busybox/


Software prerequisites




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"Debian (Ref)" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Developer & User" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.










"Guix" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Gentoo" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"FreeBSD" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"NetBSD" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.








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