BusyBox

by Stephen (Stericson) · Tools · Free

No longer on Google Play

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Total installs: 28 million
Rating on Google Play: 4.15; 149,440 ratings
Last updated: July 20, 2020

BusyBox is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 14 years, until March 2025. It was popular, with 28 million installs. Users rated it well: 4.2 stars from 149,440 ratings.

Installs

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Play install range: 10+ million
Launched: June 2010

Installs over time

The year before it was removed from Google Play, up to March 2025

BusyBox was installed 28 million times before it was removed.

Releases

Updates seen on Google Play

Version: 64
Launched: June 2010

Mar 27, 2025Unpublished
Jul 20, 2020UpdateVersion 64
Mar 17, 2019UpdateVersion 63
Aug 12, 2018UpdateVersion 62
Jun 9, 2018UpdateVersion 61

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User feedback

Ratings and reviews on Google Play

Google Play Rating history and histogram

The year before it was removed from Google Play, up to March 2025

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Comments on BusyBox for Android

★★★★★ This App Don't Work Off non-Rooted device Because this app permission to mobile rooted

★★★★★ I install to xbin because I use Magisk. Anyway try other if xbin not working. Bin or sbin. Make sure to uninstall old before reinstall. So far so good.

★★★★★ So many amplet was Installable to amplet manager but which one is the best? I most certain can't understand some Varies which I recommend to must the robot automatic installed compatible amplet to my mobile and not the users even them choose amplet for download one by one. Dependency to you but me was I report about this app.

★★★★★ I've always used this in root application for OLDER devices. It's kinda useless for newer devices but entirely. If you decide to root have a good reason. 16gb or larger internal memory recommended. What is desperately needed is a version of DRIVE DROID that has root permission access to flash Win 10 onto laptops that don't have disc drives. But aside from this verify of busy box is the ONLY version of its kind don't bother using the ones that look like red cardboard boxes.

★★☆☆☆ I'm sure it's lovely for those who have root privileges, but Idont have a computer so ADB is out of the question and Ican not risk data just like that. Please release a version busy box for android that does not require root. I would not post this, but it seems liks every method to partition an SD card on android requires root access or a Windows computer. I'm stuck. The one partition manager I just got that is not asking for root is asking for busy box. ?

★★☆☆☆ This is not working without rooted devices. If your device is not root then this application isn’t working on your device.

★★☆☆☆ Busy box doesn't work for me. It says to root check and I press on check, and it doesn't work either. Both somewhat trash.

Technology

Found in the app by AppBrain

Ads: No ads
Price: Free
Libraries: 4
App size: 4.05 MB
Needs Android: 4.0.3+
Content rating: Everyone

Technologies used by BusyBox

2 permissions · 4 libraries

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About the app and developer

About BusyBox

BusyBox was a tools app developed by Stephen (Stericson). It was removed from Google Play Mar 27, 2025.

Install Statistics

BusyBox had been installed 28 million times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

BusyBox was rated 4.15 out of 5 stars, based on 150 thousand ratings.

App Information

BusyBox was free. The app size was 4.05 MB. The last available version was 64. The last update was on July 20, 2020.

Technical Requirements

BusyBox required Android 4.0.3+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since June 2010.

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Description by Stephen (Stericson) Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.

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!

Recent changes:
Updated Busybox binary to 1.32.0

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