mskyaxl/wsl-terminal
Terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3666
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2182
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3124 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) built on mintty, fatty, and wslbridge2. It provides helper executables like open-wsl.exe for launching WSL shells in the current directory, plus Explorer context-menu integrations.
Use cases
- open a WSL terminal in the current Windows directory
- add an 'Open WSL terminal here' context menu to Explorer
- run shell scripts in a WSL terminal from Windows
- open files with vim or other editors inside WSL from Windows
- get a tabbed terminal for WSL on Windows
When to choose
- you use WSL on Windows and want a lightweight mintty-based terminal
- you want Explorer context-menu integration for launching WSL shells
- you need to run .sh or script files in WSL via 'Open With'
When to avoid
- you use Windows Terminal, which is actively developed and more feature-rich
- you need a terminal for non-WSL environments
- you require actively maintained software with recent releases
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
terminal-ui developer-tools cli developer-tools windows windows cli wsl mintty terminal-emulator shell-scripts command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mskyaxl/wsl-terminal · fetched 2026-08-28 · d899636c65d6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mskyaxl/wsl-terminal | main | 23 |
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