owu/wsl-dashboard

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

WSL Dashboard is a native Windows GUI application built with Rust and Slint for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux instances. It provides instance lifecycle control, distribution installation and migration, USB device sharing via usbipd-win, port forwarding, disk mounting, and scheduled tasks in a lightweight (~10-38MB) desktop dashboard.

Use cases

• manage wsl distros from a gui instead of command line
• start stop and unregister wsl instances with one click
• forward ports to wsl and create firewall rules automatically
• attach usb devices to wsl2 with usbipd graphically
• move or clone a wsl distro to another disk
• mount a physical disk or vhdx file in wsl
• schedule cron-like tasks inside wsl on windows
• install a linux distro from rootfs or local files

When to choose

• you want a lightweight native alternative to Electron-based WSL managers
• you need GUI access to advanced WSL operations like VHDX migration, disk mounting, and USB passthrough
• you want port forwarding and firewall setup without manual netsh commands
• you prefer a portable tool with no installation and low memory footprint

When to avoid

• you are not on Windows or do not use WSL2
• you only need to run a single WSL distro and are comfortable with wsl.exe commands
• you expect distribution through the Microsoft Store - the official version is only on GitHub

Facets

application · maturity active

gui developer-tools configuration-management scheduling networking file-system developer-tools windows cross-platform windows rust wsl wsl2 usbipd port-forwarding slint distro-management system-tray rootfs virtualization automation desktop

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