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WSL Manager Bostrot

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Use this command to install WSL Manager:
winget install --id=Bostrot.WSLManager -e

A GUI to quickly manage your WSL2 instances.

WSL Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) tool designed to simplify and streamline the management of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) instances.

Key Features:

  • Install, configure, and manage multiple Linux distributions seamlessly.
  • Intuitive interface for launching, starting, stopping, or deleting WSL2 instances.
  • Direct integration with VS Code for enhanced development workflows.
  • Access live terminal sessions within the application.
  • Monitor performance metrics such as CPU, memory, and disk usage.
  • Perform batch operations to manage multiple distributions at once.
  • Keep your Linux distros up-to-date directly from the tool.

Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for developers, IT professionals, and Linux enthusiasts who work with WSL2 on Windows. WSL Manager provides a time-saving, user-friendly solution to efficiently organize and maintain WSL2 environments, enabling faster development cycles and improved productivity.

README

Welcome to WSL Manager 👋

GitHub Release Date GitHub Workflow GitHub release (latest by date) Documentation GitLab stars Discord

English | 简体中文 | Deutsch | Español

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> WSL Distro Manager is a free and open source app that provides a user-friendly graphical interface for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distributions. With WSL Distro Manager, you can easily install, uninstall, update, backup and restore WSL distros, as well as configure their settings and launch them with a single click. WSL Distro Manager also offers some extra features to enhance your WSL experience, such as sharing Distros between multiple machines, and creating actions to quickly do repetitive tasks. Whether you are a beginner or an expert in WSL, WSL Distro Manager will help you get the most out of it.

🚀 Features

  • Manage WSL instances
  • Download and use Docker images as WSL instances - without Docker!
  • Quick Actions (execute pre-defined scripts directly on your instances for quick configurations)
  • Download and use Turnkey or other LXC containers (experimental, tested with e.g. Turnkey WordPress)

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Versions
1.8.17
1.8.14
1.8.5.0
1.7.4.0
1.3.4.0
0.5.3.0
Website
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License
Last Updated
5/15/2025

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    • 📦 Install

    Microsoft Store

    This app is available on the Microsoft Store.

    Direct download

    You can get this app with a direct download from the Releases page. The latest version is available as a zip file.

    Install via Winget

    The winget package is outdated! Please use the Windows Store version instead.

    winget install Bostrot.WSLManager

    Install via Chocolatey

    This package is maintained by the community (@mikeee). It is not an official package.

    choco install wsl2-distro-manager

    Install a nightly build

    The last build can be found as artifacts in the "releaser" workflow or via this link. If you rather prefer an unsigned msix you can also use this link.

    ⚙️ Build

    Make sure flutter is installed:

    flutter config --enable-windows-desktop
flutter upgrade

flutter build windows # build it
flutter run -d windows # run it

    Author

    👤 Eric Trenkel

    • Website: erictrenkel.com
    • GitHub: @bostrot
    • LinkedIn: @erictrenkel

    👥 Contributors

    Contributors

    🤝 Contributing

    Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
    Feel free to check the issues page. You can also take a look at the contributing guide.

    Show your support

    Give a ⭐️ if this project helped you!

    📝 License

    Copyright © 2023 Eric Trenkel.
    This project is GPL-3.0 licensed.

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