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BusyBox

The fastest, most trusted, and #1 BusyBox installer and uninstaller!

Stephen (Stericson) · stericson.busybox

4.4 out of 5 (272 ratings) 10M+ downloads v64 4.1 MB Android 4.0.3+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Same certificate as the other version checked Details

At a glance

Latest version
v64 (214)
Updated
Oct 8, 2023 (3 years ago)
APK size
4.1 MB
Requires
Android 4.0.3+ (API 15)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Tools (app)
Listed since
Apr 16, 2014 (at least)
Permissions
1 (1 sensitive)
Website
dropbox.com
Developer contact
[email protected]

About this APK

BusyBox is an app by Stephen (Stericson) in the Tools category, listed since at least April 2014. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 1 permission, 1 of them sensitive: modify shared storage. It asks for the same permissions as version 63.

Ratings

4.4out of 5272 ratings
  • 5 ★66%
  • 4 ★19%
  • 3 ★8%
  • 2 ★4%
  • 1 ★3%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

What's new in v64

Updated Busybox binary to 1.32.0

Description

From the listing uploaded by “piratetime”.

Busybox Pro is on sale now for a limited time only! Root required for this application! The fastest, most trusted, and #1 BusyBox installer and uninstaller! Over 20 million installs and over 100,000 5 Star ratings! Support for arm and intel based devices, mips support coming soon. (I need a mips device) Mentioned in the new XDA-Developers book "XDA Developers' Android Hacker's Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Rooting, ROMs and Theming" Winner of best Utility Software award for Android via Handster. This is the only installer that is ad free and requires no internet permission! The source for this application can be found here: https://code.google.com/p/busybox-android/ Featured on the BusyBox website at: http://busybox.net/products.html The BusyBox source code can be found here: http://git.busybox.net/busybox/ A must have for any rooted phone! Almost EVERY rooted applications needs BusyBox to perform their magic, if you have a rooted phone then you need BusyBox. Pro version contains Backup feature (for safer installs), uninstall feature, Advance Smart install feature, the ability to hand pick the applets you want, safety check for missing applets on start, and better overall support. The pro version will receive more frequent updates than the free version will. Please note I did not write BusyBox! I wrote this installer and cross compiled BusyBox for Android. Please see the about menu option for more details or here: www.BusyBox.net BusyBox is a software application that provides many standard Unix tools, much like the larger (but more capable) GNU Core Utilities. BusyBox is designed to be a small executable for use with the Linux kernel, which makes it ideal for use with embedded devices. It has been self-dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux". Leave this installed if you always want to get the latest version of busybox!

Version history

3 versions are listed; the oldest rated Trusted is v63.

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “Stephen Erickson” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
  • Same certificate as the other version checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Oct 8, 2023
  • Antivirus scan result not available
  • Signed byCN=Stephen Erickson
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)68:38:DB:58:B5:98:9B:83:3B:5D:62:AC:B4:C1:E0:1B:28:EE:9E:67
  • File MD599dbf6b8a4f071393077104944d6ff8a
  • Uploaded by “piratetime” Bronze tier · 6,841 followers · uploading since 2017

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Permissions (1)

BusyBox requests 1 permission, 1 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

BusyBox APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the BusyBox APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 99dbf6b8a4f071393077104944d6ff8a.

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