The announcement closes a nearly nine-year-old request from the developer community, and signals a new era of collaboration between Microsoft and open-source contributors.

Microsoft is making its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) open-source today, opening up the code for community members to ...

Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux has become an important tool for developers and power users since it was introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update back in 2016, giving them access to a ...

At its Build developer conference this week, Microsoft announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source. Developers can download the code, contribute bug fixes and new features ...

Build 2025 was all about AI, but Microsoft also made WSL open-source The company knows just how valuable its community of contributors has been Microsoft wants users to "engage in issue resolution ...

Microsoft releases its Windows subsystem for Linux as an open source project and invites the community to develop it. However, some parts remain proprietary. Microsoft has now released the Windows ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux, years after the platform's debut.… The Windows Subsystem for Linux was first announced in 2016 and shipped with the Windows 10 ...

Most of the source code for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has now been released on GitHub. Microsoft announced on May 19 that developers and hobbyists can now build WSL from source ...

Microsoft has announced that it's open sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and is inviting developers in the community to contribute and help make Windows the best OS for cross-platform app ...

Azure AI Foundry expands with numerous models, including Grok 3, and Windows Subsystem for Linux goes open-source. GitHub's AI assistant can now independently fix bugs and build features while ...