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30 <td class="c1">BUSYBOX</td>
33 <a href="/"><img src="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox"
34 border="0" width="164" height="116"></a><br>
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>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p>
99 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.5 (stable)
100 is now available for download. This is a bugfix release for
101 the stable series to address all the problems that have turned
102 up since the last release. Unfortunately, the previous release
103 had a few nasty bugs (i.e. init could deadlock, gunzip -c tried
104 to delete source files, cp -a wouldn't copy symlinks, and init
105 was not always providing controlling ttys when it should have).
106 I know I said that the previous release would be the end of the
107 0.60.x series. Well, it turns out I'm a liar. But this time I
108 mean it (just like last time ;-). This will be the last
109 release for the 0.60.x series -- all further development work
110 will be done for the development busybox tree. Expect the development
111 version to have its first real release very very soon now...
114 The <a href="downloads/Changelog.full">changelog</a> has all
115 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
121 <li><b>18 September 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.4 released</b><p>
123 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.4
124 (stable) is now available for download. This is primarily
125 a bugfix release for the stable series to address all
126 the problems that have turned up since the last
127 release. This will be the last release for the 0.60.x series.
128 I mean it this time -- all further development work will be done
129 on the development busybox tree, which is quite solid now and
130 should soon be getting its first real release.
133 The <a href="downloads/Changelog.full">changelog</a> has all
134 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
140 <li><b>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b><p>
142 I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.3 (stable) is
143 now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release
144 for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since
145 the last release, and this should address most of those problems.
146 This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The
147 development busybox tree has been progressing nicely, and will
148 hopefully be ready to become the next stable release.
151 The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
152 the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
158 <li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b><p>
160 Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
161 the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
162 who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
163 uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
164 <a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
166 <a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
167 in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
168 accessible for everyone!
172 <li><b>Old News</b><br>
173 For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the
174 old news page</a>.</li>
180 <!-- Begin Sponsors section -->
182 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
183 "sponsors"><big><b>Sponsors</b></big></a></td>
187 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
188 Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
189 support! They have provided money for equipment and
190 bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
191 consider these fine companies!
195 <li><a href="http://www.penguru.net">Penguru Consulting</a><br>
196 Custom development for embedded Linux systems and multimedia platforms
199 <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>
200 Embedded open source consulting in Europe.
203 <li><a href="http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a><br>
204 Web hosting (currently hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org)
207 <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br>
208 Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc
212 Several individuals have also contributed. If you have
213 already contributed and would like your name added
214 here, just let me know. If you would like to be a
215 BusyBox sponsor, email <a href=
216 "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
220 <!-- Begin Download section -->
223 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
224 "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td>
228 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
229 Source for the latest release can always be
230 downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.
233 BusyBox now has <b>two</b> CVS trees. The "busybox-stable"
234 tree contains the latest updates to the 0.60.x stable series.
235 The "busybox" tree contains the latest development version
238 <li><a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots of the the latest
239 stable, and the latest development CVS source trees can be found right here</a>.
241 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">Click here to browse the CVS
242 tree for the development version of BusyBox</a>
243 </li><li><a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox.stable/">Click here to browse
244 the CVS tree for the stable 0.60.x version of BusyBox</a>.
245 </li><li>Anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS
246 access</a> is available.
247 </li><li>For those that are actively contributing there is
248 even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.</li>
253 <!-- Begin Docs section -->
255 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
256 "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td>
260 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
261 Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
265 "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a
266 list of the all the available commands in BusyBox
267 with complete usage information and examples of how
268 to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time
269 updating these docs and trying to make them fairly
270 comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
271 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li>
273 <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is
274 the README file included in the busybox source
278 "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox
279 Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a
280 bug has been filed?</li>
282 <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href=
283 "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to
289 <!-- Begin Links section -->
291 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
292 "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td>
296 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
298 <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free
299 Software from Bruce Perens</a><br>
300 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up
301 to 0.26 were written by <a href=
302 "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is
303 his BusyBox website.</li>
306 "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat
307 AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li>
310 "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a
311 nice embedded tool for handling authentication,
312 changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely
313 complements BusyBox.</li>
315 <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is
316 a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for
317 embedded systems.</li>
319 <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a
320 C library for embedded systems. You can actually
321 statically link a "Hello World" application under x86
322 that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU
323 libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely
324 with BusyBox to create very small embedded
330 <!-- Begin Projects section -->
332 <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name=
333 "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using
334 BusyBox</b></big></a></td>
338 <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0">
339 <p>I know of the following products and/or projects
340 that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add
341 them to the web page:</p>
345 "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian
346 installer (boot floppies) project</a></li>
348 <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2
352 "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">
353 Slackware Installer</a></li>
355 <li><a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux install/boot CDs</a>
356 <li><a href="http://www.mandrake.com/">The Mandrake installer</a>
358 <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux
359 Router Project</a></li>
361 <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li>
364 "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li>
366 <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix
370 "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux
373 <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li>
375 <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS
378 <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango
379 Internet Radio</a></li>
382 "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN
385 <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your
389 "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li>
392 "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li>
394 <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran -
395 VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li>
397 <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make
398 CD-ROM recovery</a></li>
401 "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on
405 "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li>
407 <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori
409 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html">
410 Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href=
411 "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at
413 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html">
416 <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal
417 Server Project</a></li>
420 "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li>
423 "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li>
426 "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li>
429 "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li>
431 <li><a href="http://www.coyotelinux.com/">Coyote Linux</a></li>
433 <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition
436 <li><a href="http://www.fli4l.de/">fli4l the on(e)-disk-router</a></li>
438 <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux
441 <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil
444 <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus
447 <li><a href="http://familiar.handhelds.org/">Familiar Linux</a> - a linux distribution for handheld computers</li>
448 <li><a href="http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/">Timo's Rescue CD Set</a>
449 <li><a href="http://sf.net/projects/netstation/">Netstation</a>
450 <li><a href="http://www.isilver-inc.com/">I-Silver Linux appliance servers</a>
451 <li><a href="http://www.fiwix.org/">GNU/Fiwix Operating System</a>
452 <li><a href="http://www.cyclades.com/">Cyclades-TS and other Cyclades products</a>
453 <li><a href="http://www.softcraft.com/">Generations Linux</a>
454 <li><a href="http://systemimager.org/relatedprojects/">SystemImager / System Installation Suite</a>
455 <li><a href="http://www.bablokb.de/gendist/">GENDIST distribution generator</a>
456 <li><a href="http://diet-pc.sourceforge.net/">DIET-PC embedded Linux thin client distribution</a>
457 <li><a href="http://byzgl.sourceforge.net/">BYZantine Gnu/Linux</a>
458 <li><a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/">Darik's Boot and Nuke</a>
459 <li><a href="http://www.timesys.com/">TimeSys real-time Linux</a>
460 <li><a href="http://movix.sf.net/">MoviX</a> -- boots from CD and automatically plays every video file on the CD
461 <li><a href="http://katamaran.sourceforge.net"></a>Linux, X11, xfce windowmanager, based on BusyBox
462 <li><a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/simplygnustep"></a>Prometheus SimplyGNUstep
467 <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and
468 I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table -->
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479 and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik
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