bostrot/wsl2-distro-manager

GUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and configure distros without CLI flags; AI assistant with tools, MCP server for agents, remote WSL over SSH.

141 best points · 65 comments · 3 Hacker News posts · 4,056 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• WSL Manager (141 points, 63 comments, by gballan, 2026-03-08)
• WSL Distro Manager: GUI to quickly manage your WSL2 instances (16 points, 2 comments, by thunderbong, 2023-10-21)
• WSL Manager 2 – GUI for WSL distros, now also native VMs on macOS (3 points, 0 comments, by bostrot, 2026-09-13)