# meefik/busybox

BusyBox for Android

Repository: https://github.com/meefik/busybox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/meefik-busybox
Homepage: https://meefik.dev/busybox/
Language: Java
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, busybox, installer
Last push: 2023-12-08T20:04:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3986, "days_push": 999, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1724, forks 290 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:27.974046+00:00)

## What it is
An Android application that installs BusyBox, a single small executable combining tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities, onto a rooted Android device. It supports arm, arm64, x86, and x86_64 architectures on Android 5+ and bundles 378 applets.

## Use cases
- install busybox on a rooted android phone
- get unix utilities like awk, grep, and sed on android
- provide a shell environment for android scripting
- replace missing GNU fileutils and shellutils on android
- set up busybox applets for linux deploy or other root tools

## When to choose
- you have a rooted Android device and need a full set of UNIX command-line utilities
- you want a simple installer app from Google Play or GitHub releases
- you need BusyBox applets for other root applications like Linux Deploy

## When to avoid
- your device is not rooted, since superuser permissions are required
- you need full-featured GNU utilities rather than BusyBox's reduced applets
- you want a maintained project with frequent updates - the latest release is from late 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, file-system
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: busybox, installer, root, unix-utilities, shell, command-line, android

## Member repositories
- meefik/busybox (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:27.974046+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:33:55.132636+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/meefik/busybox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:27.974046+00:00, sha 4c3573d32507)
  - homepage: https://meefik.dev/busybox/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:09:18.982449+00:00, sha 95fed2a51995)
  - site_page: https://meefik.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:09:18.991754+00:00, sha 65b3b7b717e7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.