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Coreutils for Windows: Installer & Packaging

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Summary Information

Updated 2 hours ago
Type:CLI ToolCategory(s):Operating Systems & LinuxCLI UtilitiesSystems, Hardware & HPC
Added to GitGenius on September 13th, 2026
Created on May 15th, 2026
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 58 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 108
Total Stargazers: 5,242 (+0)
Total Subscribers: 30 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 2.7 hours
Mean response time: 2.4 days
90th percentile: 5.1 days
Tracked items: 96

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Maintainer activity

1 person did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

Counts unlabeled, assigned, unassigned, milestoned, demilestoned, locked, unlocked over the last 12 months. These are issue and pull request events that require triage or write permission. Commits and code review are not counted. labeled and renamed are excluded because GitHub issue forms record the issue author as the actor. Figures from October 11, 2026. This count is not comparable across projects: each project's automation decides which of these events a person emits.

How this project is maintained

About 13% of issues opened in the past year have never received a reply. 98% of open issues come from outside the core team, so the backlog reflects real-world use rather than internal planning. 62% of tracked open issues have had no activity in three months, so the open count overstates what is actively being worked. Only 59% of issues opened in the past year have been closed. Three people close 82% of everything that gets resolved.

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Issue Activity (beta)

Open issues: 45
New in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Avg open age: 86 days
Stale 30+ days: 41
Stale 90+ days: 27

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Comments in 7 days: 0
Events in 7 days: 0

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  • C-bug (18)
  • C-feature (14)
  • E-needs-discussion (9)
  • P-backlog (9)
  • E-help-wanted (7)
  • I-upstream (4)
  • P-high (2)
  • P-low (2)

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Detailed Description

Coreutils for Windows is a command-line tool that brings UNIX-style core utilities to Windows as a native multi-call binary.

The tool solves the friction of moving between Linux, macOS, WSL, and Windows by providing the same commands, flags, and pipelines across all platforms. It packages a Microsoft-maintained build of uutils/coreutils, findutils, and grep into a single executable, allowing existing scripts to run without translation or modification.

Developers working across multiple operating systems should adopt this tool if they frequently switch between Windows and UNIX-like environments and want to avoid rewriting scripts. It suits projects that need consistent command-line behavior across platforms. The tool is distributed via WinGet or direct download from releases, and each command supports the standard --help flag. However, adopters need to be aware that several commands conflict with built-in PowerShell and CMD utilities—some ship but conflict with built-ins, while others like dir, expand, more, kill, timeout, and whoami are not shipped at all due to these conflicts. A utility manager is provided to disable specific commands if needed. PowerShell 7.4 or later is required, with 7.6 or later recommended. Additionally, PowerShell aliases can cause binary stream compatibility issues that break utilities like xargs and find when piped.

The project is in preview status. Development activity shows active maintenance with regular updates to the codebase and responsiveness to issues and pull requests. The team actively documents platform-specific limitations and provides clear guidance on shell conflicts and workarounds.