Ben Hillis
358ab87d40
Add WSLC (WSL Containers) feature ( #40366 )
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WSLC is a container runtime built on the Windows Subsystem for Linux, enabling Windows applications to create and manage Linux containers through a native Windows API surface.
Key components:
- wslc.exe: CLI for managing containers, images, volumes, and networks
(build, run, stop, inspect, push/pull from registries)
- wslcsession.exe: Per-user Windows service hosting container lifecycle,
storage management, and networking
- WSLC SDK: C++ and C# client libraries with NuGet packaging for
programmatic container management
- Container networking: port forwarding, DNS tunneling, virtio
networking, and HCN integration
- Storage: VHD-backed volumes, virtiofs file sharing, overlayfs layers
- GPU passthrough and device host proxy support
Co-authored-by: Ben Hillis <benhill@ntdev.microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: 1wizkid <richard.fricks@hotmail.com >
Co-authored-by: AmirMS <104940545+AmelBawa-msft@users.noreply.github.com >
Co-authored-by: beena352 <beenachauhan@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: Blue <OneBlue@users.noreply.github.com >
Co-authored-by: Craig Loewen <crloewen@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: Darshak Bhatti <47045043+dabhattimsft@users.noreply.github.com >
Co-authored-by: David Bennett <dbenne@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: Feng Wang <wang6922@outlook.com >
Co-authored-by: Flor Chacon <14323496+florelis@users.noreply.github.com >
Co-authored-by: John Stephens <johnstep@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: JohnMcPMS <johnmcp@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: Kevin Vega <40717198+kvega005@users.noreply.github.com >
Co-authored-by: Pooja Trivedi <poojatrivedi@gmail.com >
Co-authored-by: ramesh-ramn <raman.ramesh@gmail.com >
Co-authored-by: Richard Fricks <richfr@microsoft.com >
Co-authored-by: yao-msft <50888816+yao-msft@users.noreply.github.com >
2026-04-30 13:34:43 -07:00
WSL Team
697572d664
Initial open source commit for WSL.
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Many Microsoft employees have contributed to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, this commit is the result of their work since 2016.
The entire history of the Windows Subsystem for Linux can't be shared here, but here's an overview of WSL's history after it moved to it own repository in 2021:
Number of commits on the main branch: 2930
Number of contributors: 31
Head over https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases for a more detailed history of the features added to WSL since 2021.
2025-05-15 12:09:45 -07:00
