https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-wsl

Check if the process is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (Bash on Windows)
https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-wsl

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Check if the process is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (Bash on Windows)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-wsl
• Owner: sindresorhus
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-16T13:34:00.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-25T05:58:47.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-18T11:05:54.136Z (8 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 14.6 KB
• Stars: 188
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • Funding: .github/funding.yml
  • License: license
  • Security: .github/security.md

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README

        
# is-wsl

> Check if the process is running inside [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about) (Bash on Windows)

Can be useful if you need to work around unimplemented or buggy features in WSL. Supports both WSL 1 and WSL 2.

## Install

```sh

npm install is-wsl

```

## Usage

```js

import isWsl from 'is-wsl';

// When running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux

console.log(isWsl);

//=> true

```