# felixrieseberg/windows-development-environment

:telescope: Turning Windows into an environment ready for modern development

Repository: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-development-environment
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/windows-development-environment
Language: PowerShell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-18T19:16:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4031, "days_push": 1233, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1409, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.622509+00:00)

## What it is
A guide and Boxstarter script for setting up Windows 11 for modern development, covering tools like Chocolatey, WSL, Git, Node.js, VS Code, and cloud CLIs. It automates turning a fresh Windows machine into a Mac/Linux-like development environment.

## Use cases
- set up windows for web development
- make windows feel like a mac dev environment
- automate installing dev tools on a fresh windows machine
- enable wsl and bash on windows
- install chocolatey and terminal tools on windows

## When to choose
- you have a fresh Windows machine and want a quick, opinionated dev setup
- you want a curated list of Windows dev tools with install instructions
- you prefer one-click Boxstarter automation over manual installs

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained configuration management tool rather than a guide
- you want cross-platform dotfiles management
- you need something updated for the latest Windows tooling landscape

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, package-manager, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: windows-setup, boxstarter, wsl, chocolatey, development-environment, powershell-script, command-line, automation

## Member repositories
- felixrieseberg/windows-development-environment (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.622509+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 2026-08-30T04:38:31.969286+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-development-environment (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.622509+00:00, sha 9d90daad9a58)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.