BusyBox

Name: BusyBox
Rating: 3.84 (5480 reviews)
Author: meefik

By: meefik

BusyBox for Android

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-02-05

Features & Capabilities

This application is a BusyBox installer for Android. Includes BusyBox v1.34.1 with 378 applets, the most comprehensive set of functions. Supports installation BusyBox from the application and via recovery from ZIP archive (see "Menu - Zip archive").

BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system.

REQUIREMENTS:
* Device with architecture arm, arm64, x86, x86_64
* Android 5 (API 21) or later
* Superuser permissions (root)

NOTICE:
Source code: https://github.com/meefik/busybox/
Developer's site: https://meefik.github.io/busybox

ATTENTION!
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under license GPLv2.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

meefik

Downloads:

1,337,867

Rating:

3.84

(5,480)

Version:

1.34.1 Last updated: 2023-05-09

Version code:

Creation date:

2015-10-04

Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER Moderate risk
ru.meefik.busybox.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

5.71MB

Email:

me*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-02-05

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Developed by:

meefik

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.busybox

Email:

me*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/meefik/busybox

User Reviews

Pros

Best BusyBox app with more commands
No ads or unnecessary bloat
Works well with root tasks and file explorers
Easy installation on compatible devices
Always up to date

Cons

Installation fails on some devices and Android versions
Confusing installation process, especially for non-root users
BusyBox files not removed after reboot
Requires manual folder creation for installation
Inconsistent performance across different Android versions

Recent reviews

The busybox installation initially failed because the app was unable to create the "xbin" folder under /system in Android 12. I had to use a root-enabled file manager to do that manually, then the busybox installation succeeded. UPDATE: I just discovered that once installed, the busybox cannot be removed anymore, because the app is not able to remount the filesystem as read/write to do so.