1. is-wsl
Check if the process is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (Bash on Windows)
is-wsl
Package: is-wsl
Created by: sindresorhus
Last modified: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:58:41 GMT
Version: 3.1.0
License: MIT
Downloads: 152,925,381
Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-wsl

Install

npm install is-wsl
yarn add is-wsl

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

 import isWsl from 'is-wsl';

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

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