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Coreutils for Windows vs busybox-w32: catalog facts
Coreutils for Windows	busybox-w32
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Windows, Command line	Windows, Command line
Native Windows builds of familiar UNIX commands Same commands and pipelines as on Linux, macOS and WSL	Single native executable with no dependencies Includes a POSIX shell, awk, sed and vi
Some command names clash with built-in shell commands Windows-specific caveats affect some behaviour	Implements only a subset of full BusyBox and GNU tool features Windows only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
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 October 2, 2026

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