wslg VS cmder

Compare wslg vs cmder and see what are their differences.

wslg

Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios (by microsoft)
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wslg cmder
141 78
9,682 25,538
1.0% 0.3%
6.1 6.8
15 days ago 8 days ago
C++ C++
MIT License MIT License
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wslg

Posts with mentions or reviews of wslg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-28.
  • FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Sep 2023
    WSLg(Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI) uses RDP and FreeRDP to work: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg

    I haven't tried it yet, but I'm hopeful the experience is better than last time I tried Hyper-V enhanced linux experience. I imagine this use case is getting FreeRDP way more attention.

    For years I've developed in a Linux VM on a Windows host via VirtualBox. The typing lag on this, particularly in IDEs like VSCode and Rider, finally got to me. So, I moved over to WSL and have to say; the experience is amazing.

  • Wayland Is Pretty Good
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jun 2023
    This is running in WSL?

    Microsoft has some wayland stuff already for WSL, though I think internally there's RDP involved: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg

  • I tried
    11 projects | /r/pcmasterrace | 11 Jun 2023
    What are you talking about? Its free forever https://github.com/microsoft/wslg
  • The world if Windows was POSIX compliant
    2 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 24 May 2023
    Actually, you can https://github.com/microsoft/wslg
  • Ask HN: Windows 10-based devs, are you upgrading to Windows 11?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 May 2023
    Apparently, WSLg does away with the need for a separate X server, making things "easy" to use:

    https://github.com/microsoft/wslg

  • Graphics in c++ but in wsl
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 28 Apr 2023
    There's two completely different aspects to your question. 1) How to manage libraries in c++ without dying from cringe? I'd suggest you use cmake as the build system and grab library sources directly from GitHub using this tool: https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake 2) How to get apps that run under WSL to display windows-native windows? I'm not sure, but it's probably this: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg
  • How Can I Scale GUI Applications on WSL2.
    2 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 24 Apr 2023
  • Your php dev workflow on Windows while using Docker
    3 projects | /r/PHP | 15 Feb 2023
    Install WSL2, install docker there and phpstorm, use x410 or any xserver or microsoft one https://github.com/microsoft/wslg.
  • Free from the Apple jail
    2 projects | /r/thinkpad | 11 Jan 2023
    It actually works with native apps. It has also opengl acceleration normally: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg
  • Updated Install Instructions Dec 2022
    3 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 1 Dec 2022
    If you're new to WSL as I am, you'll marvel at graphical apps "just working", appearing as normal windows getting along like any other app. Under the hood, this isn't entirely unlike running a VM in "seamless mode". There are a few paths WSLG can take to make this happen, some better than other. If you have a linux GUI app running and open the windows "Task view" (by pressing Windows + Tab or whatever), if you see a "WARN: COPY MODE" label atop your linux apps, WSLG is being forced to use a slow path to render areas to screen. The exact reasons why escape me. An older ticket recommended installing an updated Mesa package to get to Mesa 21.x, but new WSL 2 installs are already there. Nonetheless, I followed those steps, ended up with Mesa 22.2.4, restarted WSL and the warning went away, replaced by a much higher refresh rate for linux windows (easy to check if you just drag a linux window around.) Notably, the warning came back once later, with scary logs in /mnt/wslg/weston.log about shared_memory errors, but restarting Windows made things better again.. YMMV.

cmder

Posts with mentions or reviews of cmder. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-28.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing wslg and cmder you can also consider the following projects:

GWSL-Source - The actual code for GWSL. And some prebuilt releases.

WSL2-Linux-Kernel - The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)

oh-my-posh - The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

WSL - Issues found on WSL

Tabby - A terminal for a more modern age

i3 - A tiling window manager for X11

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

Single-GPU-Passthrough

x11docker - Run GUI applications and desktops in docker and podman containers. Focus on security.

Flatseal - Manage Flatpak permissions

brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.