Open Remote - WSL for Positron

⚠️ DEPRECATED: This extension is no longer maintained. Since Positron 2025.11.0-234, Positron officially supports WSL with a built-in extension. Users are recommended to update Positron and use the official extension instead.

This is a fork of Open Remote - WSL adapted for Positron only.

Supported:

• Windows 11 with WSL 2
• Windows 10, May 2021 Update, version 21H1
• Positron since commit 8df4b88

Requirements

• wget or curl needs to be installed in the WSL distro

Notes on Launching Positron from the WSL Command Line

It is sometimes convenient to launch Positron directly from a WSL directory using the command positron .. To enable this feature, choose Yes when you see the following prompt:

This sets the environment variable POSITRON_WSL_EXTENSION_NAME to kv9898.open-remote-wsl, which is read by the Positron launcher script when starting from WSL.

If you missed the prompt, you can manually enable this feature:

• Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS)
• Run the command:
  Register this WSL extension for launching Positron from WSL

To disable this feature:

• Run the command:
  Unregister this WSL extension from Positron launcher

Alternatively, you can manually remove the environment variable POSITRON_WSL_EXTENSION_NAME from your system settings.