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We've compiled a list of 6 free and paid alternatives to BusyBox. The primary competitors include Cygwin, GNU Core Utilities. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between BusyBox and MSYS2, Toybox (Linux command line utilities), ptime. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


Cygwin
Free Open Source

Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows.

GNU Core Utilities
Free Open Source

The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing many of the basic...

MSYS2
Free Open Source

A Cygwin-derived software distro for Windows using Arch Linux's Pacman

Accurately measure program execution time

Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin.

BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable.

BusyBox Platforms

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BusyBox Overview

BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable. It runs in a variety of POSIX environments such as Linux, Android, FreeBSD and others. It was specifically created for embedded operating systems with very limited resources. It has been self-dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux". It includes clones of netcat, httpd, init, grep, a dhcp client/server, tar, sh, ash, awk, cat, and many more utilities.

BusyBox Features

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BusyBox Categories

OS and Utilities

BusyBox Tags

linux-kernel init system-utilities system-administration

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