7 alternatives to WSL
microsoft/wsl — Windows Subsystem for Linux (34,156 stars, MIT, infra, ui, files).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 641 licence-cleared components from microsoft/wsl itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | winboat-org/winboat | 6.9 | MIT | 23,267 |
| 2 | kivy/kivy | 5.4 | MIT | 19,030 |
| 3 | codinit-dev/codinit-dev | 6.2 | MIT | 271 |
| 4 | interceptsuite/proxybridge | 4.7 | MIT | 6,900 |
| 5 | qishibo/anotherredisdesktopmanager | 6.3 | MIT | 34,818 |
| 6 | crowdsecurity/crowdsec | 4.9 | MIT | 15,303 |
| 7 | innotelinc/ontrak | 4.9 | MIT | 0 |
The alternatives in detail
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Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration
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Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOSscore 5.4/10 · MIT permissive · 19,030 stars · 270 components · search them
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Local-First Open Source web & mobile AI app builder — install on MacOS, Windows & Linuxscore 6.2/10 · MIT permissive · 271 stars · 360 components · search them
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Force Proxy to any Windows/MacOS/Linux Application TCP and UDP trafficscore 4.7/10 · MIT permissive · 6,900 stars · 90 components · search them
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🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac.
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Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs.score 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 15,303 stars · 551 components · search them
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OnTrak IT Support Training — a browser-based IT support training platform with gradable Linux, Windows and Office simulations. An Innotel Labs product.score 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 0 stars · 907 components · search them
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