windows-fido-bridge VS WSL-DistroLauncher

Compare windows-fido-bridge vs WSL-DistroLauncher and see what are their differences.

windows-fido-bridge

An OpenSSH SK middleware that allows you to use a FIDO/U2F security key (e.g. a YubiKey) to SSH into a remote server from WSL or Cygwin. (by mgbowen)

WSL-DistroLauncher

Sample/reference launcher app for WSL distro Microsoft Store packages. (by Microsoft)
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windows-fido-bridge WSL-DistroLauncher
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windows-fido-bridge

Posts with mentions or reviews of windows-fido-bridge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-11.
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    > Because AFAIK, (Fido) yubikey support is still missing.

    Correct, hopefully Microsoft will provide an updated SSH client soon. It only requires recompiling OpenSSH with the correct flags.

    Alternatively, use these build instruction for openssh with FIDO for windows:

    https://gist.github.com/martelletto/6a7cf806c6433ac9ce71d66a...

    > Using either the PKCS#11 support or the gpg applet requires some extra piece of software

    For those wanting to do that, here are some ways:

    Using a premade dll:

    https://github-wiki-see.page/m/mooltipass/minible/wiki/Setti...

    Or with a middleware:

    https://github.com/mgbowen/windows-fido-bridge

    Using the Hello API:

    https://github.com/tavrez/openssh-sk-winhello

    Given how many people came with their own ways, I believe there's enough demand for Microsoft to fix that.

WSL-DistroLauncher

Posts with mentions or reviews of WSL-DistroLauncher. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-17.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing windows-fido-bridge and WSL-DistroLauncher you can also consider the following projects:

wsl2-ssh-pageant - bridge between windows pageant and wsl2

ArchWSL - ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.

Win32-OpenSSH - Win32 port of OpenSSH

winapps - Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.

openssh-sk-winhello - A helper for OpenSSH to interact with FIDO2 and U2F security keys through native Windows Hello API

LxRunOffline - A full-featured utility for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

WSL-Context-Menu-Manager - Manages the context menu for your Linux tools in WSL/WSL2 for Windows.

Console - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place! [Moved to: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal]

webauthn4j - A portable Java library for WebAuthn(Passkeys) server side verification

selfhosted-gateway - Self-hosted Docker native tunneling to localhost. Expose local docker containers to the public Internet with a docker compose interface.

git-credential-manager - Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services.

Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!