bostrot/wsl2-distro-manager

GUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and configure distros without CLI flags; AI assistant with tools, MCP server for agents, remote WSL over SSH. observed · 2026-10-09

github.com/bostrot/wslmanager · homepage · Dart · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-10-09

Health v2 · maintenance only

98/100

Activity 97
Release rhythm 98
Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 1.5
age_days: 1859
days_rel: 19
days_push: 19
n_releases_24m: 17

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4027 stars · 179 forks observed · 2026-10-09

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

A free and open-source Flutter-based GUI application for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distributions. It lets users install, uninstall, update, back up, and restore WSL distros, run Docker images as WSL instances without Docker, and execute quick-action scripts.

Use cases

manage wsl2 distros from a gui
backup and restore wsl instances
run docker images as wsl distros without docker
share wsl distros between machines
run predefined setup scripts on wsl instances
download turnkey lxc containers as wsl distros

When to choose

you use WSL2 on Windows and want a graphical alternative to wsl CLI commands
you need to clone, back up, or share WSL distros across machines
you want to spin up Docker images or LXC containers as lightweight WSL instances

When to avoid

you are on Linux or macOS rather than Windows
you only need full Docker container orchestration rather than WSL distro management
you prefer scripting everything with the built-in wsl command line

Facets

application · maturity active

gui developer-tools configuration-management container-runtime developer-tools windows self-hosted windows wsl2 wsl flutter distro-manager rootfs lxc docker-images containers desktop

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/bostrot/wslmanager · fetched 2026-10-09 · 910b9745f6bd
homepage: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/wsl-manager/9NWS9K95NMJB · fetched 2026-08-29 · 06bdb468bcf0

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
bostrot/wslmanager	main	98

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="bostrot/wslmanager")

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