US EditionMicrosoft Closes 9-Year-Old Feature Request, Open-Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
- At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced that it has released the source code for the Windows Subsystem for Linux on GitHub, allowing the community to access, modify, and contribute to the project.
- The open-source release follows a multiyear effort to separate WSL from Windows and enable community contributions, driven by longstanding developer requests.
- WSL launched in 2016 with Windows 10 Anniversary Update, later evolved to WSL2 using a Linux kernel, and added GPU and systemd support as community involvement grew.
- Microsoft acknowledged that the progress and current state of WSL owe much to its community, encouraging developers to collaboratively enhance, debug, and expand the platform through contributions on GitHub.
- While most WSL components are now open-source and community-driven, a few Windows-dependent elements like lxcore.sys remain closed for the time being.
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Microsoft Open Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source, Microsoft said Monday. The tool, which allows developers to run Linux distributions directly in Windows, is available for download, modification, and contribution. "We want Windows to be a great dev box," said Pavan Davuluri, corporate VP at Micr...
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