Notepad running next to gedit using the initial WSL GUI app support

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/Windows10

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  • wslg

    Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios

  • The easiest way to get the changes to stick is to build your own system VM: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

  • sway

    i3-compatible Wayland compositor

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • ASP.NET Core

    ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

  • Ah, you mean Kestrel! :-) https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/tree/main/src/Servers/Kestrel

  • openjdk

    Microsoft Build of OpenJDK (by microsoft)

  • Microsoft Java is actually a thing again.

  • WinDev

    A repo for developers on Windows to file issues that impede their productivity, efficiency, and efficacy

  • There are performance issues with POSIX-first software on Windows. There is an open issue for the Windows team about it on Github. You can read more about it here. That's why WSL is needed.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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