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CLI: Add global options, move --session to global options, add environment variable support (#40789)
2026-06-16 21:28:24 -07:00
.config Add dev environment setup with WinGet Configuration (#40117) 2026-05-08 09:14:17 -07:00
.github Address feedback on localization guidance for automated PRs (#40800) 2026-06-15 21:10:40 -07:00
.pipelines Pipelines: fix nuget stage CodeSign failure on in-repo .ps1 scripts (#40685) 2026-06-01 17:46:41 -07:00
cloudtest cloudtest: skip WSLC test suite on Windows Server images (#40559) 2026-05-18 17:23:39 +00:00
cmake Add scaffolding for C# projection of the SDK (#40212) 2026-05-07 14:41:35 -07:00
diagnostics Fix wsl.wprp specialized log profiles to actually extend the default profile instead of replacing it (#40712) 2026-06-05 12:32:22 -07:00
distributions Update SLE15SP7 [QU4] (#40721) 2026-06-08 08:36:59 -07:00
doc Add dev environment setup with WinGet Configuration (#40117) 2026-05-08 09:14:17 -07:00
Images Add vs info to settings (#14169) 2026-03-03 14:45:00 -05:00
intune Localization change from build: 147861295 (#40643) 2026-05-26 06:45:30 -07:00
localization CLI: Add global options, move --session to global options, add environment variable support (#40789) 2026-06-16 21:28:24 -07:00
msipackage Use event instead of termination callback (#40767) 2026-06-15 11:17:54 -07:00
msixgluepackage Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
msixinstaller Split x64/arm64 builds into parallel pipeline stages (#14497) 2026-04-09 13:31:55 -07:00
nuget Add C# files to nuspec used in package stage (#40647) 2026-05-26 23:23:24 +00:00
src CLI: Add global options, move --session to global options, add environment variable support (#40789) 2026-06-16 21:28:24 -07:00
storebroker Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
test CLI: Add global options, move --session to global options, add environment variable support (#40789) 2026-06-16 21:28:24 -07:00
tools Exclude the start menu folder from defender (#40670) 2026-05-29 15:44:35 -07:00
triage tracing: combine collect-wsl-logs.ps1 and collect-networking-logs.ps1 (#14089) 2026-01-22 11:18:54 -08:00
.clang-format .clang-format: add InsertBraces: true and minor fix to FormatSource.ps1 (#13712) 2025-11-14 16:12:02 -08:00
.editorconfig docs: overhaul Copilot instructions with coding conventions and prompt files (#40113) 2026-04-06 15:15:28 -07:00
.gdnsuppress Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
.gitignore Create a script to run the tests in a loop and capture logs + output on failure (#40665) 2026-05-29 12:10:07 -07:00
.vsconfig Add dev environment setup with WinGet Configuration (#40117) 2026-05-08 09:14:17 -07:00
cgmanifest.json Add WSLC (WSL Containers) feature (#40366) 2026-04-30 13:34:43 -07:00
CMakeLists.txt Publish PDBs for the third-party binaries we ship (#40765) 2026-06-10 16:16:05 -07:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (#7538) 2021-10-13 19:25:45 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Address feedback on localization guidance for automated PRs (#40800) 2026-06-15 21:10:40 -07:00
DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
Directory.Build.Props Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
LICENSE Add MIT LICENSE (#10181) 2023-06-30 09:58:38 -07:00
NOTICE.txt Notice change from build: 143064110 (#14556) 2026-03-27 16:30:31 -07:00
nuget.config Add WSLC (WSL Containers) feature (#40366) 2026-04-30 13:34:43 -07:00
packages.config Update Microsoft.WSL.Kernel to 6.18.35.1 (#40793) 2026-06-12 15:30:57 -07:00
README.md Initial open source commit for WSL. 2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
SECURITY.md Spelling (#13289) 2025-07-29 11:24:39 -07:00
SUPPORT.md Update the pipelines to reference the default branch (#12918) 2025-05-19 14:42:06 -07:00
UserConfig.cmake.sample Add C# files to nuspec used in package stage (#40647) 2026-05-26 23:23:24 +00:00

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About

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a powerful way for you to run your Linux command-line tools, utilities and applications, all unmodified and directly on Windows without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup.

You can install WSL right away by running this command inside of your Windows command line:

wsl --install

You can learn more about best practices for setup, overviews of WSL and more at our WSL documentation page.

WSL also has related open source repositories:

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions of all types, including coding features / bug fixes, documentation fixes, design proposals and more.

We ask that before you start working on a contribution, please read our Contributor's Guide.

For guidance on developing for WSL, please read the developer docs for instructions on how to build WSL from source and details on its architecture.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct

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The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more information on privacy and what we collect, see our data and privacy documentation.

The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsofts privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.