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is-wsl (2.2.0)

Published 2026-02-24 13:58:46 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

registry=

To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install is-wsl@2.2.0

or add it to the package.json file:

"is-wsl": "2.2.0"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

is-wsl

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

$ npm install is-wsl

Usage

const isWsl = require('is-wsl');

// When running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
console.log(isWsl);
//=> true

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Dependencies

Dependencies

ID	Version
is-docker	^2.0.0

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^1.4.1
clear-module	^3.2.0
proxyquire	^2.1.0
tsd	^0.7.2
xo	^0.24.0

Keywords

check wsl windows subsystem linux detect bash process console terminal is

Details

npm

2026-02-24 13:58:46 +00:00

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Sindre Sorhus

Project Site

MIT

latest

2.0 KiB

Assets (1)

is-wsl-2.2.0.tgz 2.0 KiB

Versions (2) View all

2.2.0 2026-02-24

1.1.0 2026-02-24