idlebox is a minimal Bedrock Linux stratum built entirely around BusyBox.
idlebox is a very minimal Bedrock Linux stratum that provides just BusyBox — nothing else.
It’s ideal for:
- Recovery and rescue
- Fans of the most minimalistic init system possible
Download the latest version here: idlebox
Place the downloaded file into /bedrock/share/brl-fetch/distros/ and type in the command brl fetch idlebox as root. You may use the same paramaters for brl fetch, found at brl fetch --help
You now have a minimal BusyBox-only* stratum.
Create an user account with no password that has in the bashrc (or zshrc or etc):
su [user]
BusyBox does not support modern password hashes like yescrypt.
To ensure login works without a user dedicated to su, set a password from inside the stratum:
sudo strat [stratum-name] passwd [username]
This generates a DES-based password hash. For security, use this only for an account dedicated to idlebox, and restrict access from outside (e.g., block SSH, VNC, RDP) so it's only usable within idlebox.
SHA-256 and SHA-512 may work, but have not been tested. For better hash support, compile BusyBox yourself with:
- All applets enabled
- Static linking
- glibc, not musl
However, the best method is extra 1.
After installing idlebox, disable idlebox with the command brl disable [name] as root,
as root copy your busybox binary to /bedrock/strata/[name]/sbin/busybox, then renable the strata as root with brl enable [name]
Like any Bedrock stratum:
sudo brl remove -d idlebox
- BusyBox's
initis very limited — no service manager, no PID 1 lifecycle management, unless you want to make it yourself - idlebox is not production-ready — it's best suited for experiments, containers, or recovery environments
*We’ve got a few config files too. But you get my point.