# mskyaxl/wsl-terminal

Terminal emulator for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Repository: https://github.com/mskyaxl/wsl-terminal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wsl-terminal
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wsl, terminal-emulator, mintty, windows-subsystem-linux
Last push: 2020-09-11T05:43:11+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": 3666, "days_push": 2182, "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 3124, forks 158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.357437+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: terminal-ui, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, mintty, terminal-emulator, shell-scripts, command-line

## Member repositories
- mskyaxl/wsl-terminal (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.357437+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 2026-08-30T07:26:31.961415+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mskyaxl/wsl-terminal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.357437+00:00, sha d899636c65d6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.