WSL Commander v1.2.0

WSL Commander v1.2.0

Release date: 2026-08-27

This release brings WSL container management to WSL Commander. Containers now live
alongside your distributions on a unified Distributions page, powered by Microsoft's
wslc.exe container CLI that ships with WSL 2.9.3+.

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Highlights

• Manage WSL containers and distributions together on a single, filterable Distributions page
• Rich, expandable container details with ports, volumes, environment, network, and usage
• Container lifecycle actions: start, stop, remove, and a logs viewer
• Graceful degradation on older WSL versions — the app still manages distributions normally

Changes

WSL container support

• Added a unified Distributions page with an All / Distros Only / Containers Only filter.
• Added container cards showing name, image, status, and a published-port summary.
• Added expandable container details covering ID, ports, volumes, environment (with
  masked secrets), network, restart policy, created time, and best-effort CPU/memory usage.
• Added container actions: Start, Stop, Remove, and a Logs viewer.
• Added a session-mismatch hint: when no containers are visible but another wslc session
  with a different elevation exists, an info bar suggests running WSL Commander as
  administrator (or as a normal user) so the containers become visible.

Compatibility & polish

• Added graceful degradation: the container filter is hidden with an informational note
  when a compatible WSL version (2.9.3+) isn't installed.
• Added an explicit Windows AppUserModelID so the app shows its own icon in the taskbar
  when run from source.

Requirements

• Container management requires WSL 2.9.3 or higher (currently a pre-release). Enable it
  with wsl --update --pre-release and confirm with wsl --version. Without it, WSL
  Commander runs normally and simply hides the container filter.