WSLc Desktop Manager

Appearance

Contributing and building from source ​

Build the app ​

You need Windows 11 22H2 (build 22621) or later, WSL with container support and the .NET SDK the repository targets (see the README and src/WslcDesktop/*.csproj; the PR build workflow documents the SDK used in CI).

powershell
dotnet build src\WslcDesktop -p:Platform=x64 -r win-x64

Run src\WslcDesktop\bin\x64\Debug\...\win-x64\WslcDesktop.exe. Close any running instance first: only one instance can use the WslcDesktop session.

Code layout:

  • src/WslcDesktop: the WinUI 3 app (views, controls, services).
  • src/WslcDesktop.Compose: the compose parser and planner.
  • tests: automated tests.
  • assets/branding: logo and brand assets.

Build these docs ​

The docs use VitePress and need Node.js 20 or newer.

powershell
cd docs
npm install
npm run dev      # live preview
npm run build    # production build into docs/.vitepress/dist

The site is served from /wslc-desktop/ on GitHub Pages. To preview with a different base, set DOCS_BASE (for example $env:DOCS_BASE='/').

Pages are Markdown files in docs/; screenshots live in docs/public/screenshots. Capture new ones at the same window size (about 1280×820), dark theme, with no personal information or credentials visible.

Pull requests ​

Open a pull request against main. Pull requests that touch docs/ run a docs build; merges to main publish the site.