# wsldl-pg/CentWSL

[DISCONTINUED] CentOS based WSL distribution

Repository: https://github.com/wsldl-pg/CentWSL
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/centwsl
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: centos, wsl, windows-10, windows-subsystem-linux
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-12-16T11:00:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2727, "days_push": 2086, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1139, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.116648+00:00)

## What it is
CentWSL is a CentOS-based Linux distribution packaged for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), built on the wsldl launcher framework. The project is discontinued and its README directs users to alternative RHEL-like WSL distributions.

## Use cases
- run centos inside wsl on windows 10
- install a rhel-like linux distro on windows subsystem for linux
- use centos tooling without a vm on windows
- set up a centos development environment on windows

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained CentOS or RHEL-like WSL distribution
- you need CentOS 8 Stream or newer
- you are not on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, centos, windows-subsystem-for-linux, discontinued, linux-distribution, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- wsldl-pg/CentWSL (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.116648+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 2026-08-30T06:36:06.580915+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wsldl-pg/CentWSL (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.116648+00:00, sha 56888f1cedbb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.