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busybox-w32 vs uutils coreutils: catalog facts
busybox-w32	uutils coreutils
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Single native executable with no dependencies Includes a POSIX shell, awk, sed and vi	Same familiar commands on Linux, macOS and Windows Written in Rust
Implements only a subset of full BusyBox and GNU tool features Windows only	Some edge-case behaviour may still differ from GNU coreutils Not the default coreutils on most systems
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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