# mishamosher/CentOS-WSL

A GitHub Actions automated CentOS RootFS to use with WSL

Repository: https://github.com/mishamosher/CentOS-WSL
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/centos-wsl
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-07-01T14:54:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2232, "days_push": 1159, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1510, forks 220 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.879606+00:00)

## What it is
A project that converts CentOS QCOW2 cloud images into RootFS tarballs for use with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Builds are automated via GitHub Actions and published as releases for CentOS 6 through 9-stream.

## Use cases
- run centos inside wsl on windows
- import a centos rootfs into wsl
- get centos 7 or 8-stream as a wsl distro
- test rpm packages in a centos environment on windows

## When to choose
- you want CentOS under WSL without a VM
- you need an older CentOS release (6/7/8) for WSL

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained distro image (last release mid-2023)
- you use a non-WSL Linux setup

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, container-runtime
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, centos, rootfs, github-actions, linux-distribution

## Member repositories
- mishamosher/CentOS-WSL (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.879606+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:27.243852+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mishamosher/CentOS-WSL (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.879606+00:00, sha 261f8c5478d2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.