ptime Alternatives

ptime is described as 'Will run any specified command and parameters, and measure the execution time (run time) in seconds, accurate to 5 millisecond or better. It is an automatic process timer, or program timer used for benchmark purposes' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to ptime for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Android, Mac, Android Tablet and BSD apps. The best ptime alternative is BusyBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ptime are GNU Core Utilities, Toybox (Linux command line utilities) and RustyBox.

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  1. BusyBox icon

    BusyBox

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    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.

    9 BusyBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Android Tablet
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    • BusyBox is the most popular Android, Mac, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to ptime.

    • BusyBox is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ptime.

    • BusyBox is Free and Open Sourceptime is Free and Proprietary
  2. GNU Core Utilities icon

    GNU Core Utilities

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    The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing many of the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, needed for Unix-like operating systems. It is a combination of a number of earlier packages, including textutils, shellutils, and fileutils, along with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  4. Toybox (Linux command line utilities)

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    Toybox combines common Linux command line utilities together into a single BSD-licensed executable that's simple, small, fast, reasonably standards-compliant, and powerful enough to turn Android into a development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
     
  5. RustyBox icon

    RustyBox

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    RustyBox is a free-range, non-GMO fork of BusyBox written entirely in Rust. It includes all your favorite commands like ls, mount, and top, but without a single line of C code! Like BusyBox, rustybox weighs in at just under 1 megabyte and includes all the basic utilities you...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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