Developers can now download the code, contribute bug fixes and new features, and participate in WSL's development.

Developers can now look under the hood at the component that allows a Linux environment to run within Windows.

The announcement closes a nearly nine-year-old request from the developer community, and signals a new era of collaboration ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) became open source, Microsoft said Monday. This marks the conclusion of a multi-year ...

After years of feedback, Microsoft is finally open-sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing developers to easily ...

Microsoft has now open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), marking the culmination of a long-standing developer ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a set of software tools that basically lets you install and run native Linux ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a ...

Microsoft has announced at Build 2025 that the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source, with its code available ...

Microsoft has officially open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), marking a significant milestone in the evolution ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux was first announced in 2016 and shipped with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that year. It was based on a pico process provider, lxcore.sys, which enabled Windows to ...