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busybox-on-windows
How to use a Win32 build of BusyBox to run many of the standard UNIX command line tools on Windows.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific PowerShell commands for downloading and using BusyBox on Windows, which the AI may not generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires busybox installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
BusyBox is a single binary that implements many common Unix tools. Use this skill only on Windows. If you are on UNIX, then stop here. Run the following steps only if you cannot find a busybox.exe file in the same directory as this document is. These are PowerShell commands, if you have a classic cmd.exe terminal, then you must use powershell -Command "..." to run them. 1. Print the type of CPU: Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32Processor Select-Object Name, NumberOfCores, MaxClockSpeed 2. Print the OS versions: Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Select-Object ProductName, DisplayVersion, CurrentBuild 3. Download a suitable build of BusyBox by running one of these PowerShell commands: 32-bit x86 (ANSI): $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox.exe -OutFile busybox.exe 64-bit x86 (ANSI): $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox64.exe -OutFile busybox.exe 64-bit x86 (Unicode): $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox64u.exe -OutFile busybox.exe 64-bit ARM (Unicode): $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox64a.exe -OutFile busybox.exe Useful commands: Help: busybox.exe --list Available UNIX commands: busybox.exe --list Usage: Prefix the UNIX command with busybox.exe, for example: busybox.exe ls -1 If you need to run a UNIX command under another CWD, then use the absolute path to busybox.exe. Documentation: https://frippery.org/busybox/ Original BusyBox: https://busybox.net/
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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