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busybox

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docker1.38.0other12607M pulls

BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable, providing a minimal environment for embedded systems or containers.

operating-systems
homepage ↗docs ↗
Usage
Recommended variant
docker pull busybox:1.38.0
use 1.38.0 unless you have a specific reason not to
Variants
Available tags
busybox:full
Lifecycle
Support & EOL
latest1.38.0
pull size2MB compressed
Known issues
Gotchas
avoid :latest in production — pulls breaking major version changes
minimal toolset — missing many standard commands (e.g., no bash, no curl)
not suitable for complex scripting or debugging without additional packages
Resources
homepagehttps://busybox.net/ ↗
docshttps://hub.docker.com/_/busybox ↗