WSL Dashboard

A modern, high-performance, lightweight, and low-memory WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) instance management dashboard. Built with Rust and Slint for a premium native experience.

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Notice:​

- WSL Dashboard is not distributed through the Microsoft Store.
- Any application listed there under the name "WSL Dashboard"​ is unauthorized and may be counterfeit.
- Please do not download it to avoid potential scams.

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I18N : English | 简体中文 | 繁體中文 | हिन्दी | Español | Français | العربية | বাংলা | Português | Русский | اردو | Bahasa Indonesia | Deutsch | 日本語 | Türkçe | 한국어 | Italiano | Nederlands | Svenska | Čeština | Ελληνικά | Magyar | עברית | Norsk | Dansk | Suomi | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Íslenska | Tiếng Việt | తెలుగు | Basa Jawa | ภาษาไทย | தமிழ் | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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📑 Table of Contents

• 🌍 Language Support
• 🚀 Key Features & Usage
• ⚙️ Configuration & Logs
• 🖼️ Screenshots
• 🎬 Operation Demo
• 💻 System Requirements
• 📦 Installation
• 🛠️ Tech Stack & Performance
• 🤝 Community Support
• ❤️ Support this project
• ⭐️ Labor of love
• 📄 License

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🌍 Language Support

English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Urdu, Indonesian, German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Hebrew, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovenian, Icelandic, Vietnamese, Telugu, Javanese, Thai, Tamil, Filipino, Punjabi, Malay, Polish, Ukrainian, Persian, Kannada, Marathi, Hausa, Burmese, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Cebuano, Malayalam, Sindhi, Amharic

🚀 Key Features & Usage

• Modern Native UI: Intuitive GUI with Dark/Light mode support, smooth animations, and high-performance rendering powered by Skia.
• System Tray Integration: Full support for system tray minimizing (~10MB RAM usage), double-click to toggle, and a functional right-click menu.
• Intelligent Startup: Configure the dashboard to start with Windows, minimize to tray (silent mode with /silent), and auto-shutdown distributions on exit.
• Comprehensive Instance Control: One-click Start, Stop, Terminate, and Unregister. Real-time status monitoring and detailed insights into disk usage and file locations.
• Distro Management: Set as default, migration (Move VHDX to other drives), and export/clone to .tar or .tar.gz archives.
• Quick Integration: Instant launch into Terminal, VS Code, or File Explorer with customizable working directories and startup script hooks.
• Distro Installation: Install Linux distributions via Microsoft Store, GitHub, local files (RootFS/VHDX), or Online Mirrors (with auto speed-test to pick the fastest mirror and built-in RootFS download helper).
• Global Safety: Mutex locks for safe concurrent migration/backup operations and automatic Appx cleanup on removal.
• Ultra-Low Memory Footprint: Highly optimized for efficiency. Silent startup (system tray) uses only ~10MB RAM. Windowed mode usage varies by font complexity: ~18MB for standard languages (English, German, Spanish, etc.) and ~38MB for large font languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.).
• Advanced Networking: Seamless port forwarding management (with automatic firewall rule creation) and global HTTP proxy configuration for unified connectivity.
• USB Device Management: Full integration with usbipd-win for effortless binding, attaching, and managing of local USB devices across your WSL instances directly from the dashboard UI.

⚙️ Configuration & Logs

All configuration is managed through the Settings view:

• Choose the default installation directory for new WSL instances.
• Configure the log directory and log level (Error / Warn / Info / Debug / Trace).
• Pick the UI language or let it follow the system language.
• Toggle dark mode and whether the app can auto-shutdown WSL after operations.
• Configure how often the app checks for updates (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly).
• Enable automatic startup on system boot (with automatic path repair).
• Set the app to minimize to the system tray on startup for a distraction-free experience.
• Configure the close button to minimize to the system tray instead of exiting.
• Customize the sidebar by toggling the visibility of specific feature tabs.

Log files are written to the configured log directory and can be attached when reporting issues.

🖼️ Screenshots

Home (Light & Dark Mode)

USB & Collapse menu

Network

Add Instance & Settings

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