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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>18 September 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.4 released</b>
99 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.4
100 (stable) is now available for download. This is primarily
101 a bugfix release for the stable series to address all
102 the problems that have turned up since the last
103 release. This will be the last release for the 0.60.x series.
104 All further development work will be done on the
105 development busybox tree, which is quite solid now and
106 should soon be getting its first real release.
109 The <a href="downloads/Changelog.full">changelog</a> has all
110 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
116 <li><b>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b>
118 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.3 (stable) is
119 now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release
120 for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since
121 the last release, and this should address most of those problems.
122 This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The
123 development busybox tree has been progressing nicely, and will
124 hopefully be ready to become the next stable release.
127 The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
128 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
134 <li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b>
136 <p>Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
137 the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
138 who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
139 uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
140 <a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
142 <a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
143 in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
144 accessible for everyone!
148 <li><b>Old News</b><br>
149 For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
150 old news page</a>.</li>
156 <!-- Begin Sponsors section -->
158 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
159 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
163 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
164 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
165 support! They have provided money for equipment and
166 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
167 consider these fine companies!
171 <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
172 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.
175 <li><a href="http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
176 Web hosting (currently hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org)
179 <li><a href="http://www.lineo.com">Lineo</a><br>
180 Embedded Linux development and services.
183 <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br>
184 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
188 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
189 already contributed and would like your name added
190 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
191 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
192 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
196 <!-- Begin Download section -->
199 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
200 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
204 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
205 Source for the latest release can always be
206 downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.
209 BusyBox now has <b>two</b> CVS trees. The "busybox-stable"
210 tree contains the latest updates to the 0.60.x stable series.
211 The "busybox" tree contains the latest development version
214 <li><a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots of the the latest
215 stable, and the latest development CVS source trees can be found right here</a>.
217 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse the CVS
218 tree for the development version of BusyBox</a>
219 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox.stable/">Click here to browse
220 the CVS tree for the stable 0.60.x version of BusyBox</a>.
221 </li><li>Anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS
222 access</a> is available.
223 </li><li>For those that are actively contributing there is
224 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.</li>
229 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
231 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
232 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
236 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
237 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
241 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
242 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
243 with complete usage information and examples of how
244 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
245 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
246 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
247 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
249 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
250 the README file included in the busybox source
254 "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
255 Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
256 bug has been filed?</li>
258 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
259 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
265 <!-- Begin Links section -->
267 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
268 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
272 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
274 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
275 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
276 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
277 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
278 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
279 his BusyBox website.</li>
282 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
283 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
286 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
287 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
288 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
289 complements BusyBox.</li>
291 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
292 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
293 embedded systems.</li>
295 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
296 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
297 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
298 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
299 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
300 with BusyBox to create very small embedded
306 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
308 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
309 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
310 BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
314 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
315 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
316 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
317 them to the web page:</p>
321 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
322 installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
324 <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
328 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
329 Slackware Installer</a></li>
331 <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
332 Router Project</a></li>
334 <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
337 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
339 <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
343 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
346 <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
348 <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
351 <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
352 Internet Radio</a></li>
355 "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
358 <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
362 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
365 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
367 <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
368 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
370 <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
371 CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
374 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
378 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
380 <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
382 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
383 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
384 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
386 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
389 <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
390 Server Project</a></li>
393 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
396 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
399 "http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li>
402 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
405 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
407 <li><a href="http://www.coyotelinux.com/">Coyote Linux</a></li>
409 <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
412 <li><a href="http://www.fli4l.de/">fli4l the on(e)-disk-router</a></li>
414 <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
417 <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
420 <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
423 <li><a href="http://familiar.handhelds.org/">Familiar Linux</a> - a linux distribution for handheld computers</li>
428 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
429 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
439 <td class="c2">Mail all comments, insults, suggestions
440 and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
442 The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik
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458 <p><a href="http://slashdot.org"><img width="90"
459 height="36" src="images/sdsmall.png" alt="Slashdot">
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