# yuk7/wsldl

Advanced WSL launcher / installer. (Win10 FCU x64/arm64 or later.)

Repository: https://github.com/yuk7/wsldl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wsldl
Homepage: https://git.io/wsldl
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wsl, linux, windows-10, windows-subsystem-linux, wsldl, windows-terminal, windows-11
Last push: 2026-08-23T09:38:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3242, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 166, "gap_med": 32.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1948, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.992250+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, configuration-management, deployment
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, windows-subsystem-for-linux, distro-installer, launcher, rootfs, vhdx, windows-terminal, command-line

## Member repositories
- yuk7/wsldl (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.992250+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 2026-08-30T03:07:05.990341+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yuk7/wsldl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.992250+00:00, sha 95cd8a13ee69)
  - homepage: https://git.io/wsldl (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:44.037258+00:00, sha dea4c47f7999)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.