<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 1st February 2002), see www.w3.org"> <title>BusyBox</title> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #DEE2DE; color: #000000; } :link { color: #660000 } :visited { color: #660000 } :active { color: #660000 } div.c3 {text-align: center} td.c2 {font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 80%} td.c1 {font-family: lucida, helvetica; font-size: 248%} </style> </head> <body> <basefont face="lucida, helvetica, arial" size="3"> <div class="c3"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td class="c1">BUSYBOX</td> </tr> </table> <a href="/"><img src="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox" border="0" width="164" height="116"></a><br> <!-- Begin Introduction section --> <table width="95%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border= "1"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "intro"><big> <b>The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux</b> </big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded system. <p>BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. It is also extremely 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 /dev, /etc, and a kernel.</p> <p>BusyBox is maintained by <a href= "http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik Andersen</a>, and licensed under the <a href= "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.</p> <h3>Screenshot</h3> <p>Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox is now available <a href= "screenshot.html">right here</a>.</p> <h3>Mailing List Information</h3> BusyBox now has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!<br> To subscribe, go and visit <a href= "/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>. <!-- Begin Latest News section --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "news"><big><b>Latest News</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> <ul> <p> <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> The busybox development series has been under construction for nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So it is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release of a new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes since the last stable release (and the usual mindless version number inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison 1.0.x... <p> The point of "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be fixed prior to the magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen later this month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next Monday (July 21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th. Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end of July. <p> If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That happens sometimes. Please do <B>NOT</b> send all your patches, support questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of emails every day (which is why I end up losing patches sometimes in the flood)... The busybox mailing list is the right place to send your patches, support questions, etc. <p> I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III (mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that have made this release possible. <p> As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. You don't really need to bother with the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>, as the changes vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily enumerate. But you can take a look if you really want too. <p>Have Fun! <p> <p> <li><b>Old News</b><br> For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <!-- Begin Sponsors section --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their support! They have provided money for equipment and bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project, consider these fine companies! <ul> <li><a href="http://www.penguru.net">Penguru Consulting</a><br> Custom development for embedded Linux systems and multimedia platforms </li> <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br> Embedded open source consulting in Europe. </li> <li><a href="http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br> Web hosting (currently hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org) </li> <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br> Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc development. </li> </ul> Several individuals have also contributed. If you have already contributed and would like your name added here, just let me know. If you would like to be a BusyBox sponsor, email <a href= "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>. </td> </tr> <!-- Begin Download section --> <p> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>. <p> BusyBox now has <b>two</b> CVS trees. The "busybox-stable" tree contains the older 0.60.x stable series. The "busybox" tree contains the latest 1.0.0-preX development version of busybox.<br> <ul> <li><a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots of the the latest stable, and the latest development CVS source trees can be found right here</a>. <br> </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse the CVS tree for the 1.0.0-preX development version of BusyBox</a> </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox.stable/">Click here to browse the CVS tree for the stable 0.60.x version of BusyBox</a>. </li><li>Anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a> is available. </li><li>For those that are actively contributing there is even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <!-- Begin Docs section --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> Current documentation for BusyBox includes: <ul> <li><a href= "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual, grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li> <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is the README file included in the busybox source release.</li> <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href= "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to start.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <!-- Begin Links section --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> <ul> <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free Software from Bruce Perens</a><br> The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written by <a href= "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.</li> <li><a href= "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li> <li><a href= "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox.</li> <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for embedded systems.</li> <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with BusyBox to create very small embedded Linux systems. </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <!-- Begin Projects section --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using BusyBox</b></big></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> <p>I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a> a configurable means for building your own busybox/uClibc based system systems. </li><li><a href= "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/"> Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a> </li><li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 installer</a> </li><li><a href= "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/"> Slackware Installer</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux install/boot CDs</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.mandrake.com/">The Mandrake installer</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project</a> </li><li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a> </li><li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a> </li><li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a> </li><li><a href= "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a> </li><li><a href= "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a> </li><li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a> </li><li><a href= "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a> </li><li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori Linux</a> - <a href= "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at the top of <a href= "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this page</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a> </li><li><a href= "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a> </li><li><a href= "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.coyotelinux.com/">Coyote Linux</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition Image</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.fli4l.de/">fli4l the on(e)-disk-router</a> </li><li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil Hat Linux</a> </li><li><a href="http://familiar.handhelds.org/">Familiar Linux</a> - a linux distribution for handheld computers </li><li><a href="http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/">Timo's Rescue CD Set</a> </li><li><a href="http://sf.net/projects/netstation/">Netstation</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.fiwix.org/">GNU/Fiwix Operating System</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.softcraft.com/">Generations Linux</a> </li><li><a href="http://systemimager.org/relatedprojects/">SystemImager / System Installation Suite</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.bablokb.de/gendist/">GENDIST distribution generator</a> </li><li><a href="http://diet-pc.sourceforge.net/">DIET-PC embedded Linux thin client distribution</a> </li><li><a href="http://byzgl.sourceforge.net/">BYZantine Gnu/Linux</a> </li><li><a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/">Darik's Boot and Nuke</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.timesys.com/">TimeSys real-time Linux</a> </li><li><a href="http://movix.sf.net/">MoviX</a> -- boots from CD and automatically plays every video file on the CD </li><li><a href="http://katamaran.sourceforge.net">katamaran</a>Linux, X11, xfce windowmanager, based on BusyBox </li><li><a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/simplygnustep">Prometheus SimplyGNUstep</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.renyi.hu/~ekho/lowlife/">lowlife</a>A documentation project on how to make your own uClibc-based systems and floppy. </li><li><a href="http://metadistros.hispalinux.es/">Metadistros</a>a project to allow you easily make Live-CD distributions. </li><li><a href="http://salvare.sourceforge.net/">Salvare</a>More Linux than tomsrtbt but less than Knoppix, aims to provide a useful workstation as well as a rescue disk. </li><li><a href="http://www.stresslinux.org/">stresslinux</a>minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom or via PXE. </li><li><a href="http://thinstation.sourceforge.net/">thinstation</a>convert standard PCs into full-featured diskless thinclients. </li><li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux Phone</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.isilver-inc.com/">I-Silver Linux appliance servers</a> </li><li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus PDA</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.cyclades.com/">Cyclades-TS and other Cyclades products</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/wireless/wbr-g54.htm">Buffalo WBR-G54 wireless router</a> </li><li><a href="http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201522&pcount=&Product_Id=136493">Belkin 54g Wireless DSL/Cable Gateway Router</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=508">Linksys WRT54G - Wireless-G Broadband Router</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/sbtopic_005_truemobile.htm">Dell TrueMobile 1184</a> </ul> <p>Do you use BusyBox? 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