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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>
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48 BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX
49 utilities into a single small executable. It provides
50 minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you
51 usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils,
52 textutils, grep, gzip, tar, etc. BusyBox provides a
53 fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
54 embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally
55 have fewer options than their full featured GNU
56 cousins; however, the options that are included provide
57 the expected functionality and behave very much like
58 their GNU counterparts.
60 <p>BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and
61 limited resources in mind. It is also extremely modular
62 so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
63 features) at compile time. This makes it easy to
64 customize your embedded systems. To create a working
65 system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel.</p>
67 <p>BusyBox is maintained by <a href=
68 "http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik
69 Andersen</a>, and licensed under the <a href=
70 "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL
71 PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.</p>
75 <p>Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of
76 BusyBox is now available <a href=
77 "screenshot.html">right here</a>.</p>
79 <h3>Mailing List Information</h3>
80 BusyBox now has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing
82 To subscribe, go and visit <a href=
83 "/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
85 <!-- Begin Latest News section -->
90 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
91 "news"><big><b>Latest News</b></big></a></td>
95 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
98 <b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b>
100 <p>Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
101 the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
102 who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
103 uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
104 <a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
106 <a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
107 in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
108 accessible for everyone!
111 <li><b>Old News</b><br>
112 For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
113 old news page</a>.</li>
119 <!-- Begin Sponsors section -->
121 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
122 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
126 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
127 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
128 support! They have provided money for equipment and
129 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
130 consider these fine companies!
135 "http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
136 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.</li>
138 <li><a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
139 Web hosting (they host busybox.net and uclibc.org).</li>
142 "http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet
144 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
147 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
148 already contributed and would like your name added
149 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
150 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
151 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
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158 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
159 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
163 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
165 <li>Source for the latest release can always be
166 downloaded from <a href=
167 "downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</li>
169 <li>A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is
170 available as a GNU gzipped tarball <a href=
171 "downloads/snapshots/busybox-snapshot.tar.bz2">right here</a>.</li>
173 <li>BusyBox now has its own publically browsable <a
174 href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
175 anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
176 for those that are actively contributing there is
177 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write
183 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
185 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
186 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
190 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
191 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
195 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
196 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
197 with complete usage information and examples of how
198 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
199 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
200 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
201 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
203 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
204 the README file included in the busybox source
208 "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
209 Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
210 bug has been filed?</li>
212 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
213 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
219 <!-- Begin Links section -->
221 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
222 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
226 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
228 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
229 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
230 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
231 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
232 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
233 his BusyBox website.</li>
236 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
237 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
240 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
241 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
242 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
243 complements BusyBox.</li>
245 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
246 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
247 embedded systems.</li>
249 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
250 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
251 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
252 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
253 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
254 with BusyBox to create very small embedded
260 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
262 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
263 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
264 BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
268 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
269 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
270 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
271 them to the web page:</p>
275 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
276 installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
278 <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
282 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
283 Slackware Installer</a></li>
285 <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
286 Router Project</a></li>
288 <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
291 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
293 <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
297 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
300 <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
302 <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
305 <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
306 Internet Radio</a></li>
309 "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
312 <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
316 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
319 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
321 <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
322 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
324 <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
325 CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
328 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
332 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
334 <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
336 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
337 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
338 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
340 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
343 <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
344 Server Project</a></li>
347 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
350 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
353 "http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li>
356 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
359 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
361 <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
364 <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
367 <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
370 <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
377 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
378 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
388 <td class="c2">Mail all comments, insults, suggestions
389 and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
391 The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik
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