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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>
120 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
121 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
123 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
124 support! They have provided money for equipment and
125 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
126 consider these fine companies!
130 "http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
131 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.</li>
133 <li><a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
134 Web hosting (they host busybox.net and uclibc.org).</li>
137 "http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet
139 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
142 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
143 already contributed and would like your name added
144 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
145 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
146 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
151 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
152 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
156 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
158 <li>Source for the latest release can always be
159 downloaded from <a href=
160 "downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</li>
162 <li>A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is
163 available as a GNU gzipped tarball <a href=
164 "busybox.tar.gz">right here</a>.</li>
166 <li>BusyBox now has its own publically browsable <a
167 href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
168 anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
169 for those that are actively contributing there is
170 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write
173 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
178 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
179 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
183 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
184 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
188 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
189 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
190 with complete usage information and examples of how
191 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
192 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
193 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
194 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
196 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
197 the README file included in the busybox source
201 "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
202 Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
203 bug has been filed?</li>
205 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
206 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
209 <!-- Begin Links section -->
214 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
215 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
219 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
221 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
222 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
223 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
224 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
225 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
226 his BusyBox website.</li>
229 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
230 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
233 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
234 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
235 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
236 complements BusyBox.</li>
238 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
239 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
240 embedded systems.</li>
242 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
243 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
244 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
245 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
246 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
247 with BusyBox to create very small embedded
250 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
255 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
256 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
257 BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
261 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
262 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
263 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
264 them to the web page:</p>
268 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
269 installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
271 <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
275 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
276 Slackware Installer</a></li>
278 <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
279 Router Project</a></li>
281 <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
284 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
286 <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
290 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
293 <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
295 <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
298 <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
299 Internet Radio</a></li>
302 "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
305 <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
309 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
312 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
314 <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
315 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
317 <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
318 CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
321 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
325 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
327 <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
329 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
330 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
331 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
333 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
336 <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
337 Server Project</a></li>
340 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
343 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
346 "http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li>
349 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
352 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
354 <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
357 <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
360 <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
364 <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
368 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
369 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
379 <td class="c2">Mail all comments, insults, suggestions
380 and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
382 The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik
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