kWSL
KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2. (by DesktopECHO)
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1
Ad-blocking DNS server for Windows • Unbound pre-configured • Deployment ready in minutes • Does not require hypervisor/docker (by DesktopECHO)
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| kWSL | Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 | |
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| 7 | 48 | |
| 145 | 321 | |
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| 6.6 | 3.4 | |
| 6 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Batchfile | Batchfile | |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
kWSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of kWSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-28.
- XRDP with H.264 codec brings immense performance boost
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Easiest way for a Ubuntu desktop interface
Check this out https://github.com/DesktopECHO/kWSL
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Running a GUI from a remote server on WSL.
If you want to try another method for remote access, you could install kWSL (KDE Neon) and enable Chrome Remote Desktop, which is pre-installed.
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WSL1 STOP Error in Windows 11 (MEMORY_MANAGEMENT)
In Windows 11 on WSL1 - I can run kWSL for seconds (or hours) at a time but Windows 11 inevitably throws a G/BSOD. I suspect one of the Oibaf packages was provoking the bugcheck but I never got too far troubleshooting it.
- What has been your experience with alternative shells?
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How To Install Ubuntu On Windows Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (Windows Features)
Ubuntu 20.04 + XFCE 4.16 KDE Neon 5.22 Kali-xRDP
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1
Posts with mentions or reviews of Pi-Hole-for-WSL1.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-02.
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If I use a VPN on the device hosting Pi-hole, does Pi-hole use the VPN?
I have a NAS running Windows hosting Pi-hole thanks to this. I use a VPN on that NAS and it connects to a server in another country. When I check the IP on any of my other devices, where the Pi-hole is the DNS server, the results show my IP is in my country. When I check the IP on the NAS, it shows as being in the other country.
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Bizarre issue: Computer on my network cannot be reached by other devices, including router, but is communicating with pi-hole
NAS directly connected to router via ethernet, Windows 10, running Pi-hole on Windows
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Help please - clients not showing? :S
As the pinned comment in that thread indicates, support queries for such should be directed to the project.
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Close to Complete PH4WSL Setup - Cannot Figure out iPhone and other Devices
Also worth mentioning that on the project page, it states it's not an 'official' supported install method, and you should use the project's issues page for support questions. Don't want to bug the devs with an issue that might be Windows-specific.
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I want to use pihole on windows
NOTE: It's not an 'official' method to run Pi-hole, which means do not request support here. Use the project's GitHub site and file an issue there instead.
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Using PiHole with a mobile device, changing WiFi networks
Pi-hole for Windows on GitHub - Installer walk-thru on YouTube
- Help updating PH4WSL1.cmd. Where do I run these commands on?
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DesktopEcho Pihole for Win10
https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1/issues/76 may have some information to help, or at least some steps to gather a bit more data for troubleshooting.
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Are there commercial applications available?
For anyone who's curious for the repo I used, here it is: Pi-hole-for-wsl1 (github)
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Do I need raspberry pi for pihole? Can't get it anywhere!
This may be to your liking.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kWSL and Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 you can also consider the following projects:
xWSL - Installer script for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 with XFCE 4.18 desktop in WSL. Does not require hypervisor, container, or X11 server.
simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.