BusyBox
Single compact binary offering essential Unix utilities for embedded, rescue, and custom Linux builds, supporting Android, FreeBSD, and devices with limited memory and storage. Includes networking, shell, and file handling tools for streamlined deployment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- Android Tablet
Features
- Command line interface
- POSIX-compatible
- Application Launchers
Tags
- system-utilities
- linux-kernel
- init
- unix
- System Administration
- os-utilities
- unix-shell
- posix
- embedded-os
- binary
- embedded-software
- software-suite
- Toolbox
BusyBox News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- POX updated BusyBox
RemovedUser added BusyBox as alternative to uutils coreutils
BusyBox information
Developed by
Bruce Perens Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
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- English
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What is BusyBox?
BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable. It runs in a variety of POSIX environments such as Linux, Android, FreeBSD and others. It was specifically created for embedded operating systems with very limited resources. It has been self-dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux". It includes clones of netcat, httpd, init, grep, a dhcp client/server, tar, sh, ash, awk, cat, and many more utilities.