bostrot/wsl2-distro-manager
A GUI to quickly manage your WSL2 instances observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 53
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 110
- age_days: 1811
- days_rel: 152
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
3965 stars · 177 forks observed · 2026-08-28
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/wsl2-distro-manager · fetched 2026-08-28 · 910b9745f6bd
- homepage: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/wsl-manager/9NWS9K95NMJB · fetched 2026-08-29 · 06bdb468bcf0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bostrot/wsl2-distro-manager | main | 83 |
For agents
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