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microsoft/wslg

Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios

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How fast microsoft/wslg is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 7 – Nov 6, 2026

Stars +64 in 61 days

0246
5

Forks +14 in 61 days

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2

Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+2+10
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+3+10
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+2+00
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+1+00
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+1+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+1+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+0+10
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+3+00
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+0+00
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+0+20
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+3+00
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+0+00
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+0+00
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+0+00
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+0+00
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+0+00
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+0+00
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+2+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+2+10
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+1+00
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+0+10
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+5+10
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+2+00
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+1+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+2+10
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+0+10
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+1+00
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+0+20
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+4+00
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+0+10
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+2+00
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+1+00
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+2+00
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+1+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+2+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+2+00
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+0+00
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+1+00
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+0+00
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+1+00
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+4+00
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+2+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+2+00
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+0+10
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+0+00
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+2+00
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+0+00
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+2+00
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+0+00
Total+64+140
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  • 7Rank that day
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

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    May 22, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026Best #7

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about microsoft/wslg, and every badge it has earned
    1. Sep 191 post

      • • Launch Linux programs from the Start menu • Copy and paste between Windows and Linux apps • Works on Windows 10 and 11 with WSL

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

    2. 12 days earlier
    3. Sep 71 post

      • Most people still think WSL is terminal-only. It's not. Microsoft built WSLg, which lets Linux GUI apps run inside Windows like they're native. You get: • Linux apps in the Start Menu • Alt+Tab…

        Read full on X, posted by @Techjunkie_Aman

        @Techjunkie_Aman · x.com

    4. 5 months earlier
    5. Apr 151 post

      • GitComet got Faster, Cleaner, and Signed

        Read full on Reddit

        r/git

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