The KIB in Batch project

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Run Unix tools on Windows easily

Welcome to the homepage of the KIB in Batch project. This mainly contains documentation in other pages, but here you can see short info about the project.

Why use KIB in Batch

KIB in Batch is a lightweight Unix-like environment for Microsoft Windows.

Enterprise Ready

A minimal installation (without Nmap and Neovim) weighs only around 1 megabyte.
The project runs on any Windows version that is Windows Vista or newer (system must have cURL in PATH).
The project contains lots of features and an LTS version.

Easy command-line shell

Unix commands are easy to learn. They are all abbreviations, so for example to list files, you can use ls. For the list of the Unix commands, type busybox.

Productivity

Use Neovim to configure, take notes, write documents, etc.
Use ping to test that your network is working.
Use curl to download files from the internet.
KIB in Batch uninstaller handles back ups of your home directory when you uninstall, so if you reinstall you will be able to seamlessly continue your work.

Easy installation

Download the latest version from GitHub. Specifically download kib_in_batch.zip.
Run kib_in_batch.bat.
Quickly get KIB in Batch running.
On the non-LTS version, deploy containers using KIBDock.

Use cases

IoT devices: KIB in Batch is a great tool for IoT devices. It is lightweight and, on IoT devices, it easily beats Cygwin, Msys and WSL.
As a shell to run when SSHing to a Windows server: Usually, you would not want to use CMD or PowerShell for a server. This is where KIB in Batch comes in, you run KIB in Batch on the server and you can use Unix commands while managing the Windows server.

Features

KIBDock for creating and deploying containers.
Package manager (KIB-pkg) for installing and uninstalling packages.
BusyBox for a lightweight suite of Unix utilities.
Nmap (can be skipped if you use manual install).
Neovim (can be skipped if you use manual install).