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Top 16 PowerShell Linux Projects

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  1. wslcompact

    Compacts the size of the ever-growing WSL vhdx images.

  2. AppSignal

    AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.

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  3. MultiOS-USB

    Boot operating systems directly from ISO/WIM images

    Project mention: MultiOS-USB: Boot operating systems directly from ISO/WIM images | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-30

  4. tunic

    Install Linux from a running Windows system, without need for a live USB.

    Project mention: Show HN: ULLI – A Linux installer without a live USB flash drive | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-10

    This project is still in alpha, but other, more mature, alternatives exist, such as Tunic:

    https://github.com/mikeslattery/tunic

  5. ulli

    USB-less Linux installer for Linux and Windows. Install Linux without a USB stick.

    Project mention: Show HN: ULLI – A Linux installer without a live USB flash drive | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-10

  6. Live-Forensicator

    Cross-platform incident response and live forensics toolkit with built-in detection, structured analysis, and report generation — designed for fast, actionable security investigations.

  7. Purpleteam

    Purpleteam scripts simulation & Detection - trigger events for SOC detections

  8. OS-Scripts

    This is where I'll put my custom scripts/functions that might be useful in future projects of mine.

  9. Kargo

    Stop Scripting Promotions. Start Shipping with Kargo. Kargo automates promotion across dev, staging, and prod with approval gates and verification. Open source, built by the team behind Argo CD. Download now.

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  10. ocwd

    Bulk download MIT OCW courses

  11. configurations-and-security-hardening

    Here goes settings I would prefer or suggest to harden servicers, servers, hosts, endpoints, etc.

  12. dotfiles

    @chawyehsu's $HOME (by chawyehsu)

    Project mention: Customize Nano Text Editor | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-04

    It seems few people are aware of how customizable nano actually is. Usually, they use nano with the default preset for quick bootstrapping tasks and then switch to vim without hesitation. While vim/neovim are certainly very powerful, nano remains my go-to editor for many quick terminal operations. I've customized it quite a bit[1], especially the key bindings, though the defaults are already excellent.

    [1]: https://github.com/chawyehsu/dotfiles/blob/main/.config/nano...

  13. Cronux

    Handy commands, utilities to perform simple and complex tasks with Powershell. Windows, Linux and maybe MacOS

  14. File-Integrity-Monitor

    A basic FIM (File Integrity Monitor)

  15. powershell-grep

    PowerShell-Grep brings the power and flexibility of the Linux grep command to Windows PowerShell. It's an essential tool for those who need advanced search capabilities in a familiar, command-line interface.

  16. dotfiles

    Dotfiles for my Windows and Linux environments (by rodolphocastro)

  17. CandyWrappers

    Candy wrappers is a program to execute tasks, programs, routines, functions, etc. defined in a JSON file. With this, you can define a big amount of tasks to execute a process, like a process to compile a C program(even using a MAKE commands in the process) or maintenance process to generate a report. It use wrappers, that is nothing but a defined task to execute, expecting a minimum amount of information to can realize the process.

  18. powershell-which

    PowerShell-which brings the functionality of the Unix-like which command to the PowerShell environment on Windows systems. The aim is to make it easier for users to find the executable path for a given command, something that's often needed but not straightforward in a Windows environment.

  19. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source Linux projects in PowerShell? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 wslcompact 1,181
2 MultiOS-USB 1,090
3 tunic 784
4 ulli 704
5 Live-Forensicator 630
6 Purpleteam 203
7 OS-Scripts 167
8 ocwd 89
9 configurations-and-security-hardening 43
10 dotfiles 13
11 Cronux 12
12 File-Integrity-Monitor 7
13 powershell-grep 6
14 dotfiles 6
15 CandyWrappers 4
16 powershell-which 3

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