microsoft/WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Forks: 1.8k
Open beginner issues: 6
Indexed issues: 928
Avg merge: 3d 17h
Merged PRs (30d): 116

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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7 beginner-friendly issues open

config-wsl: enable CMAC, ZSTD firmware, and MediaTek USB Bluetooth Open

feature kernel wsl2

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/WSL#41107 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 17, 2026
Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBLK and CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK in config-wsl Open

feature kernel

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

microsoft/WSL#41054 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 10, 2026
WSLC settings.yaml broken link https://aka.ms/wslc-settings Open

documentation wslc

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/WSL#40979 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 2, 2026
Add noop do-while to non-DEBUG DXG_TRACE to avoid future compiler warnings Open

feature GPU

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

microsoft/WSL#13592 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 12, 2025
Enable AFS/AuriStorFS filesystem support Open

feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/WSL#11458 · 6 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 12, 2024
Request to add Azure Linux in list of WSL available distributions Open

feature

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

microsoft/WSL#8527 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 19, 2022
Confusing help text for --unregister and --terminate arguments Open

feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/WSL#6370 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 22, 2020

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