# wslutilities/wslu

A collection of utilities for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Repository: https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wslu
Homepage: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bash, shell, wsl, ubuntu, opensuse, sles, bashonwindows, kali-linux, debian, pengwin, linux, alpine-linux, arch-linux, centos, fedora, windows-subsystem-for-linux
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-03-01T13:59:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 9, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3391, "days_push": 550, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3750, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.668894+00:00)

## What it is
wslu is a collection of shell utilities for the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including tools for path conversion, desktop shortcut creation, system information display, and opening links/files in Windows from WSL. It is written in Bash and packaged for many WSL-supported distributions.

## Use cases
- convert Linux paths to Windows paths in WSL
- create desktop shortcuts for Linux GUI apps on Windows
- get Windows environment variables from WSL
- open URLs or files in the default Windows browser from WSL
- display WSL system information in the terminal
- sync time between Windows and WSL or mount all drives

## When to choose
- you use WSL daily and want convenient interop between Linux and Windows
- you need to launch Linux GUI applications via Windows shortcuts
- you want a wslfetch/neofetch-style system info tool inside WSL

## When to avoid
- you are not using Windows Subsystem for Linux
- you need actively maintained software - the project is discontinued
- you rely on the Ubuntu built-in version, which is no longer supported upstream

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, file-system, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, windows-subsystem-for-linux, bash, shell-utilities, discontinued, command-line, linux, shell

## Member repositories
- wslutilities/wslu (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.668894+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 2026-08-29T18:29:00.881400+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.668894+00:00, sha 80a0481b6b8f)
  - homepage: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:12.016272+00:00, sha 1cf6117f9fcb)
  - site_page: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:12.025147+00:00, sha 23e6d5ee3e51)
  - site_page: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:12.026983+00:00, sha dfcaf8dd2f91)
  - site_page: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu/legacy/inst.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:12.028579+00:00, sha 1f2474c57c45)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.