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A community powered list of programs that work (and those that don't) on the Windows subsystem for Linux. The official Microsoft repository for filing bugs etc is located here. This repo complements the offical one by providing a quick reference for how well programs run.
Please feel free to contribute programs you have tested to the table below. If you need help with the markdown, please review a primer
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Then add your program below!
If you need to add more details about a program then add a + symbol to its name and add it to the Program_Details.md file.
Because this list is community powered, the maintainer does not hold any responsibility for the accuracy of the contents of this repository. Your mileage may vary.
| Program Name | apt name | Functionality rating (0-5) | website | Notes | Windows Build # |
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| ADB | 2 | android-adb-tools | Installs; see this image for example, requires adb on Windows too. | ||
| Anaconda | 4 | Continuum.io | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, symlinks issue has been fixed | 14393 | |
| Apache server | apache2 | 2 | Must use a loopback for networking, buggy | ||
| apt | 5 | Works fine | 15063.138 | ||
| apt-fast | 3 | ilikenwf/apt-fast | Simple commands work. Needs more testing | 15063.138 | |
| archey | 3 | Works for the most part, but displays disk usage incorrectly | 15063.138 | ||
| aria2c | aria2 | 3 | Does not resolve domains, must use IP addresses. Possibly c-ares related | 14901.1000 | |
| bash+ | 3 | Most functionality exists but there are problems with scripts | |||
| blackfire.io | 0 | Error while trying to listen for connections on 'unix:///var/run/blackfire/agent.sock' | |||
| byobu | 3 | Need to toggle the byobu charmap (run /usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8 or export BYOBU_CHARMAP=x ; . ~/.bashrc). Status bar occasionally disappears. |
14901.1000 | ||
| c-ares | libc-ares2 | 0 | Does not resolve domains to ip addresses. | 14901.1000 | |
| cargo | 4 | rust-lang.org | Correctly recognizes and downloads dependencies on basic projects. Needs testing with larger projects. | 14393.67 | |
| curl | 4 | curl -sS tested | |||
| composer | 5 | doesn't seem to have issues, but could use more test. | |||
| Coq | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing. | 14393 | ||
| docker | 0 | doesn't run / says not installed | |||
| emacs | 5 | with latest WSL and Ubuntu Xenial works great in terminal mode and over X. | 16251 | ||
| firefox | firefox | 3 | Able to get working using firefox on X server. Sandbox eror unexpected multithreading found, this prevents using namespace sandboxing. Error GDK_BACKEND does not match available displays | 14393 | |
| fish | 5 | works fine | |||
| fortune | 5 | works fine | |||
| fsharp | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing. To use fsi (F# Interactive) fsharpi |
14393 | ||
| gazebo | 3 | Very laggy tested. Requries X11 server like VcXsrv and setting a few environment variables | |||
| gcc | build-essential | 4 | more testing needed | ||
| ghc | ghc | 4 | Haskell on Bash | Needs more tests | 15031 |
| git | 4 | requires more testing, Basics work (clone, pull, push, fetch commit). Diff has some errors | |||
| GNOME Web | epiphany-browser | 4 | How-to | Works fine but the video is choppy | 14393 |
| golang | golang-go | 3 | Golang | golang-go gets 1.6 which is not the latest version. Needs more testing | 15031 (Xenial) |
| gparted | 2 | Window opens and can be interacted with, but it can't find any devices and the close button doesn't work so you have to Ctrl + C in bash. Requires X server, only tested after dbus fix with VcXserv. | 14393.187 | ||
| grep | 4 | WARNING: PASSWORD MAY BE SHOWN IN PLAINTEXT;requires more testing see this issue for more. | |||
| haxe | 5 | Haxe Foundation PPA | Compiles programs correctly, haxelib works fine too | ||
| heroku | 5 | Heroku CLI | Installs and works as expected, tested app listing, logs, setting config | ||
| i3 | 4 | i3wm.org | Works fine under VcXsrv Server 1.19.2.0 without -multiwindow command line option. Added export DISPLAY=:0 to .bashrc |
15063.138 | |
| ifconfig | 4 | Seems to work fine | 15063.138 | ||
| ip | 4 | Seems to work fine | 15063.138 | ||
| ircii | 1 | terminal handling is broken, once the window fills, it only uses the bottom 3 lines | |||
| irssi | 5 | seems to work flawlessly | |||
| iwconfig | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| java | 2 | 1.8 runs at minimum, seems to have some functionality at least | |||
| lua | lua5.2 | 3 | Lua | Just tested with interpreter. Needs more tests | 15031 (Xenial) |
| lynx | 5 | seems to work entirely | |||
| mount | 2 | unable to mount iso/cd-rom files | |||
| Maude | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing | |||
| make | 3 | basic scripts working, needs more extensive testing. Tabbing for commands gets broken pipe | |||
| MLton | 0 | BSOD | 14393 | ||
| Mongo Client | 4 | Works well connecting to mongod windows service | |||
| Mono | mono-complete | 4 | Supported (more info). Instructions added to official documentation. Use 4.2 for now or 4.6 when released (4.4 has issues) | ||
| mysql | 4 | Seems to work flawlessly | 15063.138 | ||
| mtr | 0 | doesn't run | |||
| nano | 4 | Functions and displays correctly | 15063.138 | ||
| nasm | 4 | more testing needed | |||
| nethack | 4 | Need to run it from the /usr/games directory with "./nethack" and the default config it runs has numpad turned off so you have to use the unintuitive: y k u h l b j n | |||
| nginx+ | 4 | Can't bind to IPv6 | 15063.138 | ||
| nmap | 0 | AF_Netsock options not implemented #1349 | |||
| node.js | nodejs | 4 | Seems to work fine. Runs the React VR hello world project perfectly. | 15063.138 | |
| nuget | 3 | requires more testing | |||
| npm | 4 | some packages fail due to permissions | |||
| OCaml | 3 | Installed, needs more testing. Command used sudo apt-get install ocaml ocaml-interp |
14393 | ||
| OpenCoarrays | 4 | opencoarrays.org | Installed from source but needs more testing. See the OpenCoarrays install instructions for more details | ||
| ping | 1 | Works if run as admin (not root), otherwise fails with ping: icmp open socket: Socket type not supported |
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| pip+ | 0 | DO NOT INSTALL with --fix-missing. Breaks apt. See documentation |
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| php5-cli | 4 | Working, needs more testing | |||
| php7.0 | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing | |||
| python | 5 | Works even for very difficult and memory intensive workloads such as compiling PyPy | 14366 | ||
| pypy | 5 | Works even when translating itself | 14366 | ||
| qpidd | 0 | Starting the daemon fails with a socket error: "critical Unexpected error: Can't bind to port 0.0.0.0:5672: Invalid argument (qpid/sys/posix/Socket.cpp:206)" | |||
| R | r-base | 4 | devtools, doParallel and foreach works. May be numerically a little different from other system. More tests needed. | 14393 | |
| rbenv | 4 | works for the most part, but permissions of folders are wrong after installing (world writable), spawning warnings when running e.g. Rubygems | 14366 | ||
| reboot | 0 | Unable to shutdown system. | |||
| redis | 4 | Redis | Able to start server and interact with built-client. Did part of tutorial and worked great. | 15031 (Xenial) | |
| rsync | 4 | works with ssh tunneling and with same file system. Needs more testing | |||
| ruby | 4 | works for Sinatra and Rails development using C extension gems for the most part, but rails new testapp works with WeBrick (the default), but hangs with thin |
14986 | ||
| rustc | 4 | rust-lang.org | Can compile basic programs. Needs testing with more complex programs | 14393.67 | |
| Sage Math | 4 | http://www.sagemath.org/ | Able to do a good portion of the Sage Math tutorial. There is a RunTime warning but does not stop Sage from working | 15031 | |
| scp | 5 | works for both remote to local and local to remote transfers. | |||
| screen | 4 | Already installed. Simple fix needed. | 15063 (Xenial) | ||
| sed | 4 | didn't test all options, but everything I tested worked fine. | |||
| SMLNJ | 0 | Installed. Will not start correctly. | 14393 | ||
| ssh | 4 | ssh -i works | |||
| ssh-keygen | ssh | 4 | -t rsa working | ||
| sudo | 5 | appears to be working as expected | |||
| SWI-Prolog | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing. See: (Installing from PPA (Ubuntu Personal Package Archive)) | 14393 | ||
| swift | 3 | ? | Everything except interactive shell works | ||
| tail | 3 | Will tail files, but 'follow' (-f) reports "tail: unrecognized file system type 0x53464846" | |||
| tcc | 3 | tcc run and scripted "#!/usr/bin/tcc -run" files work correctly | |||
| telnet | 4 | Further testing required | |||
| tensorflow | 4 | See Scott Hanselman's post | |||
| tesseract-ocr | 4 | No problems with command line usage | |||
| texlive | 5 | No problems so far | 14366 | ||
| tmux | 4 | Works well for the most part, mouse mode doesn't seem to work | 14366 | ||
| torproject | tor | 5 | Tor is a free software that prevents people from learning your location or browsing habits by letting you communicate anonymously on the Internet. | 14393 | |
| ufw | 0 | Fails with an error about iptables | 15063.138 | ||
| useradd | 4 | Users can be added but /etc/skel profile logout and bashrc files but no default directories | |||
| usermod | 5 | Seems to work correctly | |||
| vim+ | 3 | Will open and edit Window files it cannot create new files. Can create new linux files. Issues with colorschemes. Plugins don't work. Panes, buffers, and registers appear to be working correctly. | |||
| vsftpd | 3 | ? | Not installed with apt | ||
| wget | 3 | Simple commands work. Have only run basic commands | |||
| xfce4-terminal | 5 | Seems to work perfectly well, except for not being able to connect to DBUS | 14366 | ||
| xorg | 4 | Requires Configuration and an X server on Windows | |||
| yum | 0 | doesn't work at all. will segfault on yum, hangs indefinitely with yum install |
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| zsh | 4 | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, also checked oh-my-zsh | 14393 |