Is BusyBox safe?

Install a recent and un-crippled version of BusyBox. BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expecte…

Developer: Anton Skshidlevsky
Category: System
First release: 19 Mar 2022
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDru.meefik.busybox

Latest APK SHA-2564f86f3c477e59ef5a3d08abe13554d919546dcb3ce4a5e9edfeef042d4b05330

Signing certificate0C:9C:65:DC:C4:88:1D:9E:C4:B7:D3:6E:E9:37:16:79:9F:3F:14:78:E9:29:EA:37:D4:34:C3:B7:38:E8:59:4F

MIN ANDROID26TARGET31ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

19 Mar 2022

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.34.119 Mar 202226+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions3 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗