UnixKit for Windows    UnixKit for Windows

When all you have is a hammer...
everything looks like a nail.
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UnixKit for Windows is...

NOTE: If you are missing MSVCP60.DLL, get a copy HERE.
Unzip it, and stick it in the 'bin' dir in your UnixKit base directory.

NOTE: If you are having troubles with MSVCRT.DLL while
running 'file', and find a fix, email me! I have experienced this
problem under Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.

[Screenshot of UnixKit-Tiny running on Windows NT 4.0 Workstation]
UnixKit-Tiny on NT 4 Workstation
Download UnixKit-Tinyunixkit-tiny-0.1.zip

This file contains UnixKit-Tiny.
  • Free
  • Built from Unix programs already ported to Windows by coders around the Web
  • Very small (the -tiny branch is only ~6MB!)
  • A great tool to have on your USB keychain drive
  • Downright sick and wrong!

UnixKit for Windows is a toolkit of Unixlike programs for Microsoft Windows. Unlike CygWin, it does not require installation. In fact, it leaves absolutely no traces on the host machine when you're done using it.

Unlike Windows Services for Unix, it isn't made by Microsoft. 'Nuff said.

The -tiny branch presently includes:

arc arj bash bunzip2 bzip2 bzip2recover cat chmod cksum cp csplit cut dd df diff du file find fmt fold funzip grep gunzip gzip head join less ln ls md5sum mkdir more mv nano nl paste patch pico pr rm rmdir sed sort split stat tac tail tar touch tr tsort uniq unrar unzip uudecode uuencode vi wc wget zip zsh

To use it, simply unzip, cd into the unixkit-tiny directory, and run sh.bat. That's it! You should know what to do from there if you're a Unix geek. If you need help, do feel free to email me!

Coming soon:

  • The non-tiny (default) branch!
  • The -perl branch, featuring ActivePerl!
  • The -perl-tiny branch-- only 20MB, and includes Perl, plus everything in the -tiny branch!
  • Better documentation ;)

Please note that I did not write any of this software. In fact, I didn't even compile it. I simply put together a collection of Unixlike tools ported to Windows by other people, compressed most of them with UPX, slapped a clever startup script on them, tested them, and released them to the world.

So please don't ask me questions about any of the component programs. They were written and ported by other people. The exact sources of each component are noted in the readme.txt provided with the distribution.

Have fun!

— J. Blank