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30 <td class="c1">BUSYBOX</td>
33 <a href="/"><img src="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox"
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35 <!-- Begin Introduction section -->
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41 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "intro"><big>
42 <b>The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux</b>
47 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
48 BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities
49 into a single small executable. It provides minimalist
50 replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU
51 fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally
52 have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins;
53 however, the options that are included provide the expected
54 functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
55 BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any
56 small or embedded system.
58 <p>BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and
59 limited resources in mind. It is also extremely modular
60 so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
61 features) at compile time. This makes it easy to
62 customize your embedded systems. To create a working
63 system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel.</p>
65 <p>BusyBox is maintained by <a href=
66 "http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik
67 Andersen</a>, and licensed under the <a href=
68 "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL
69 PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.</p>
73 <p>Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of
74 BusyBox is now available <a href=
75 "screenshot.html">right here</a>.</p>
77 <h3>Mailing List Information</h3>
78 BusyBox now has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing
80 To subscribe, go and visit <a href=
81 "/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
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88 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
89 "news"><big><b>Latest News</b></big></a></td>
93 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
97 <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p>
99 The busybox development series has been under construction for
100 nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So
101 it is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release
102 of a new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes
103 since the last stable release (and the usual mindless version
104 number inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison
108 The point of "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of
109 people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be
110 fixed prior to the magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen
111 later this month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next
112 Monday (July 21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th.
113 Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns
114 up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end
118 If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release
119 and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was
120 rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That
121 happens sometimes. Please do <B>NOT</b> send all your patches,
122 support questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of
123 emails every day (which is why I end up losing patches
124 sometimes in the flood)... The busybox mailing list is the
125 right place to send your patches, support questions, etc.
128 I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn
129 McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III
130 (mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that
131 have made this release possible.
134 As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
135 You don't really need to bother with the
136 <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>, as the changes
137 vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily enumerate.
138 But you can take a look if you really want too.
146 <li><b>Old News</b><br>
147 For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
148 old news page</a>.</li>
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156 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
157 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
161 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
162 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
163 support! They have provided money for equipment and
164 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
165 consider these fine companies!
169 <li><a href="http://www.penguru.net">Penguru Consulting</a><br>
170 Custom development for embedded Linux systems and multimedia platforms
173 <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
174 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.
177 <li><a href="http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
178 Web hosting (currently hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org)
181 <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br>
182 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
186 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
187 already contributed and would like your name added
188 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
189 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
190 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
194 <!-- Begin Download section -->
197 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
198 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
202 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
203 Source for the latest release can always be
204 downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.
207 BusyBox now has <b>two</b> CVS trees. The "busybox-stable" tree
208 contains the older 0.60.x stable series. The "busybox" tree contains
209 the latest 1.0.0-preX development version of busybox.<br>
212 <li><a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots of the the latest
213 stable, and the latest development CVS source trees can be found right here</a>.
215 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse the CVS
216 tree for the 1.0.0-preX development version of BusyBox</a>
217 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox.stable/">Click here to browse
218 the CVS tree for the stable 0.60.x version of BusyBox</a>.
219 </li><li>Anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS
220 access</a> is available.
221 </li><li>For those that are actively contributing there is
222 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.</li>
227 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
229 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
230 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
234 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
235 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
239 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
240 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
241 with complete usage information and examples of how
242 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
243 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
244 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
245 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
247 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
248 the README file included in the busybox source
251 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
252 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
258 <!-- Begin Links section -->
260 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
261 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
265 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
267 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
268 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
269 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
270 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
271 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
272 his BusyBox website.</li>
275 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
276 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
279 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
280 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
281 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
282 complements BusyBox.</li>
284 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
285 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
286 embedded systems.</li>
288 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
289 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
290 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
291 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
292 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
293 with BusyBox to create very small embedded Linux systems.
299 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
301 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
302 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
306 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
307 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
308 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
309 them to the web page:</p>
314 <li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/">buildroot</a> a configurable
315 means for building your own busybox/uClibc based system systems.
318 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">
319 Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
321 </li><li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
325 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
326 Slackware Installer</a>
328 </li><li><a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux install/boot CDs</a>
329 </li><li><a href="http://www.mandrake.com/">The Mandrake installer</a>
331 </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
334 </li><li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
337 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
339 </li><li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
343 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
346 </li><li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
348 </li><li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
351 </li><li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
355 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
358 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
360 </li><li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
361 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
363 </li><li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
367 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
371 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a>
373 </li><li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
375 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
376 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
377 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
379 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
382 </li><li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
386 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a>
389 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a>
392 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a>
395 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a>
397 </li><li><a href="http://www.coyotelinux.com/">Coyote Linux</a>
399 </li><li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
402 </li><li><a href="http://www.fli4l.de/">fli4l the on(e)-disk-router</a>
404 </li><li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
407 </li><li><a href="http://familiar.handhelds.org/">Familiar Linux</a> - a linux distribution for handheld computers
408 </li><li><a href="http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/">Timo's Rescue CD Set</a>
409 </li><li><a href="http://sf.net/projects/netstation/">Netstation</a>
410 </li><li><a href="http://www.fiwix.org/">GNU/Fiwix Operating System</a>
411 </li><li><a href="http://www.softcraft.com/">Generations Linux</a>
412 </li><li><a href="http://systemimager.org/relatedprojects/">SystemImager / System Installation Suite</a>
413 </li><li><a href="http://www.bablokb.de/gendist/">GENDIST distribution generator</a>
414 </li><li><a href="http://diet-pc.sourceforge.net/">DIET-PC embedded Linux thin client distribution</a>
415 </li><li><a href="http://byzgl.sourceforge.net/">BYZantine Gnu/Linux</a>
416 </li><li><a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/">Darik's Boot and Nuke</a>
417 </li><li><a href="http://www.timesys.com/">TimeSys real-time Linux</a>
418 </li><li><a href="http://movix.sf.net/">MoviX</a> -- boots from CD and automatically plays every video file on the CD
419 </li><li><a href="http://katamaran.sourceforge.net">katamaran</a>Linux, X11, xfce windowmanager, based on BusyBox
420 </li><li><a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/simplygnustep">Prometheus SimplyGNUstep</a>
421 </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.
422 </li><li><a href="http://metadistros.hispalinux.es/">Metadistros</a>a project to allow you easily make Live-CD distributions.
423 </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.
424 </li><li><a href="http://www.stresslinux.org/">stresslinux</a>minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom or via PXE.
425 </li><li><a href="http://thinstation.sourceforge.net/">thinstation</a>convert standard PCs into full-featured diskless thinclients.
427 </li><li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux Phone</a>
428 </li><li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
429 </li><li><a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
430 </li><li><a href="http://www.isilver-inc.com/">I-Silver Linux appliance servers</a>
431 </li><li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus PDA</a>
432 </li><li><a href="http://www.cyclades.com/">Cyclades-TS and other Cyclades products</a>
433 </li><li><a href="http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/wireless/wbr-g54.htm">Buffalo WBR-G54 wireless router</a>
434 </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>
435 </li><li><a href="http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=508">Linksys WRT54G - Wireless-G Broadband Router</a>
436 </li><li><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/sbtopic_005_truemobile.htm">Dell TrueMobile 1184</a>
441 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
442 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
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