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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>.
83 <!-- Begin Latest News section -->
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>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b>
99 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.3 (stable) is
100 now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release
101 for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since
102 the last release, and this should address most of those problems.
103 This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The
104 development busybox tree has been progressing nicely, and will
105 hopefully be ready to become the next stable release.
108 The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
109 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
115 <li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b>
117 <p>Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
118 the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
119 who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
120 uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
121 <a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
123 <a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
124 in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
125 accessible for everyone!
129 <li><b>Old News</b><br>
130 For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
131 old news page</a>.</li>
137 <!-- Begin Sponsors section -->
139 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
140 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
144 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
145 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
146 support! They have provided money for equipment and
147 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
148 consider these fine companies!
152 <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
153 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.
156 <li><a href="http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
157 Web hosting (currently hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org)
160 <li><a href="http://www.lineo.com">Lineo</a><br>
161 Embedded Linux development and services.
164 <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br>
165 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
169 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
170 already contributed and would like your name added
171 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
172 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
173 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
177 <!-- Begin Download section -->
180 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
181 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
185 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
186 Source for the latest release can always be
187 downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.
190 BusyBox now has <b>two</b> CVS trees. The "busybox-stable"
191 tree contains the latest updates to the 0.60.x stable series.
192 The "busybox" tree contains the latest development version
195 <li><a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots of the the latest
196 stable, and the latest development CVS source trees can be found right here</a>.
198 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse the CVS
199 tree for the development version if BusyBox</a>
200 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse
201 the CVS tree for the stable 0.60.x version of BusyBox</a>.
202 </li><li>Anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS
203 access</a> is available.
204 </li><li>For those that are actively contributing there is
205 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.</li>
210 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
212 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
213 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
217 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
218 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
222 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
223 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
224 with complete usage information and examples of how
225 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
226 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
227 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
228 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
230 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
231 the README file included in the busybox source
235 "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
236 Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
237 bug has been filed?</li>
239 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
240 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
246 <!-- Begin Links section -->
248 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
249 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
253 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
255 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
256 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
257 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
258 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
259 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
260 his BusyBox website.</li>
263 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
264 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
267 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
268 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
269 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
270 complements BusyBox.</li>
272 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
273 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
274 embedded systems.</li>
276 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
277 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
278 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
279 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
280 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
281 with BusyBox to create very small embedded
287 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
289 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
290 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
291 BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
295 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
296 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
297 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
298 them to the web page:</p>
302 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
303 installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
305 <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
309 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
310 Slackware Installer</a></li>
312 <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
313 Router Project</a></li>
315 <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
318 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
320 <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
324 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
327 <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
329 <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
332 <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
333 Internet Radio</a></li>
336 "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
339 <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
343 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
346 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
348 <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
349 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
351 <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
352 CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
355 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
359 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
361 <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
363 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
364 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
365 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
367 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
370 <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
371 Server Project</a></li>
374 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
377 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
380 "http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li>
383 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
386 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
388 <li><a href="http://www.coyotelinux.com/">Coyote Linux</a></li>
390 <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
393 <li><a href="http://www.fli4l.de/">fli4l the on(e)-disk-router</a></li>
395 <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
398 <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
401 <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
408 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
409 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
419 <td class="c2">Mail all comments, insults, suggestions
420 and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
422 The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik
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