yuk7/wsldl
Advanced WSL launcher / installer. (Win10 FCU x64/arm64 or later.) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 63
- 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: 32.5
- age_days: 3242
- days_rel: 166
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
1948 stars · 138 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
wsldl is an advanced launcher and installer for Windows Subsystem for Linux distributions, written in Go. It lets users install any rootfs tarball or ext4 vhdx image as a WSL instance and manage/launch installed distributions via a renamed executable.
Use cases
- install a custom linux distro into wsl from a rootfs tarball
- import an ext4 vhdx disk image as a wsl2 instance
- launch and manage an already installed wsl distribution from an exe
- create a distributable wsl distro package
- run wsl commands and configure instances from the command line
When to choose
- you want to run a non-store Linux distribution (Arch, custom rootfs) under WSL
- you need to package and distribute your own WSL distribution
- you want a convenient exe-based launcher and management tool for WSL instances
When to avoid
- you are not on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later
- you only need the standard Microsoft Store distributions without customization
- you need a full Linux VM rather than WSL
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli developer-tools configuration-management deployment developer-tools operating-systems self-hosted windows cli wsl windows-subsystem-for-linux distro-installer launcher rootfs vhdx windows-terminal command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/yuk7/wsldl · fetched 2026-08-28 · 95cd8a13ee69
- homepage: https://git.io/wsldl · fetched 2026-08-29 · dea4c47f7999
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yuk7/wsldl | main | 87 |
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