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https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray

wsl-tray is a lightweight Windows tray application for easily managing WSL 2 VMs.
https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray

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wsl-tray is a lightweight Windows tray application for easily managing WSL 2 VMs.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray
Owner: yzgyyang
License: bsd-3-clause
Created: 2020-07-19T17:19:40.000Z (over 4 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2020-07-25T08:04:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-11-13T11:57:29.931Z (3 months ago)
Language: Python
Homepage:
Size: 41 KB
Stars: 99
Watchers: 5
Forks: 5
Open Issues: 2
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE

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        # wsl-tray

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wsl-tray is a lightweight Windows tray application for easily managing WSL 2 VMs.

Whenever you need to conveniently terminate all WSL 2 VMs to free resources from the system, or just start a random distribution for a one-liner test, wsl-tray is your friend.

## Features

![screenshot](screenshot.png)

- Right-click from the system tray to get the only menu of this application.

- Click on any WSL distribution to toggle its status (Running <-> Stopped).

- Click on "Shutdown/Terminal All" to quickly free resources from WSL 2.

## Requirements

- Windows Only

- WSL 2 Only

- Python 3.7+ if you are installing from PyPI

## Get the App

Head to [Release](https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray/releases) to download the latest release version. 

Put a link to the file to Startup so it can quietly start with the system.

## Credits

`systray` portion of the code was imported from [infinidat/infi.systray](https://github.com/Infinidat/infi.systray) with some small modifications.

Icons made by [Pixel perfect](https://www.flaticon.com/authors/pixel-perfect) from [Flaticon](www.flaticon.com).

## Changelog

[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)

## License

[BSD3](https://github.com/yzgyyang/wsl-tray/blob/master/LICENSE)