# DDoSolitary/LxRunOffline

A full-featured utility for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Repository: https://github.com/DDoSolitary/LxRunOffline
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lxrunoffline
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wsl, bash, installer, bash-on-windows, windows-subsystem-linux, utility
Last push: 2022-02-02T10:39:24+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": 3524, "days_push": 1673, "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 4270, forks 249 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.871335+00:00)

## What it is
A full-featured command-line utility for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distributions. It supports installing arbitrary Linux distros to any directory, moving, duplicating, registering, exporting, and configuring WSL installations.

## Use cases
- install a custom Linux distro into WSL
- move a WSL installation to another drive
- duplicate or back up a WSL distro to a tar file
- run Linux commands in a specific WSL installation
- configure the default user and environment variables for a WSL distro
- register a WSL installation directory on a USB stick

## When to choose
- you need to install a Linux distro not available in the Microsoft Store
- you want to relocate or duplicate WSL installations
- you need fine-grained control over WSL distro configuration

## When to avoid
- you only need basic WSL distro management available via the built-in wsl command
- you are not using Windows or WSL
- you need actively developed features, as the latest release dates to 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, file-system, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, linux-distros, windows-subsystem-for-linux, distro-management, command-line

## Member repositories
- DDoSolitary/LxRunOffline (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.871335+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 2026-08-29T18:22:01.696409+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DDoSolitary/LxRunOffline (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.871335+00:00, sha 63a8d624b2ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.