nix-community/NixOS-WSL

NixOS on WSL [maintainer=@nzbr]

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	Weaselway: run Gnome and KDE on WSL2 (r/linux) While you can already run some Linux gui applications under WSL, they still integrate into your native Windows desktop. For some people this might be what they want. Other people might want to enjoy the greatness of GNOME or the flexibility of Plasma in their daily work, while being forced to use a…	3	Oct 9, 2026

README

Modules for running NixOS on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Documentation is available here

Quick Start

Run the following from powershell:

Enable WSL if you haven't done already:

```
wsl --install --no-distribution
```

Download nixos.wsl from the latest release.
Double-click the file you just downloaded (requires WSL >= 2.4.4)
You can now run NixOS:

```
wsl -d NixOS
```

For more detailed instructions, refer to the documentation.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html for details.

nix

nixos

nixos-wsl

wsl

wsl2

wsl-distro

wsl-environment

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	Weaselway: run Gnome and KDE on WSL2 (r/linux) While you can already run some Linux gui applications under WSL, they still integrate into your native Windows desktop. For some people this might be what they want. Other people might want to enjoy the greatness of GNOME or the flexibility of Plasma in their daily work, while being forced to use a…	3	Oct 9, 2026

README

Modules for running NixOS on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Documentation is available here

Quick Start

Run the following from powershell:

Enable WSL if you haven't done already:

```
wsl --install --no-distribution
```

Download nixos.wsl from the latest release.
Double-click the file you just downloaded (requires WSL >= 2.4.4)
You can now run NixOS:

```
wsl -d NixOS
```

For more detailed instructions, refer to the documentation.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html for details.

nix

nixos

nixos-wsl

wsl

wsl2

wsl-distro

wsl-environment

Significant stargazers

(top 24 of 94)

messense

2,201 followers · starred Dec 2024

Brian McKenna

1,290 followers · starred Feb 2022

Kenichi Kamiya

186 followers · starred Mar 2024

Anton Bachin

609 followers · starred May 2021

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