# is-wsl [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/is-wsl) > Check if the process is running inside [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about) (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 ```js const isWsl = require('is-wsl'); // When running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux console.log(isWsl); //=> true ``` ---