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:
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.
Available via winget for easy installation.
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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.
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The winget package is outdated!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.
Make sure flutter is installed:
flutter config --enable-windows-desktop
flutter upgrade
flutter build windows # build it
flutter run -d windows # run it
👤 Eric Trenkel
👥 Contributors
Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to check the issues page.
You can also take a look at the contributing guide.
Give a ⭐️ if this project helped you!
Copyright © 2023 Eric Trenkel.
This project is GPL-3.0 licensed.
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