Getting started
Wisely is a PowerShell CLI that instantly switches your WSL2 resource profiles, so you never have to hand-edit .wslconfig again.
Prerequisites
- Windows 10 (build 19041+) or Windows 11
- WSL2 installed and configured (wsl --install)
- PowerShell 5.1 or later (included with Windows)
- Script execution rights for the current user
- Administrator rights are needed for Set-ExecutionPolicy during install; in a corporate environment this policy may already be set by IT
Why this tool exists
On a machine with 16GB of RAM, letting WSL2 permanently reserve 6GB for light web work or browsing is wasteful and gets in the way. Wisely lets you instantly switch between memory profiles tuned to what you're doing — light web development, intensive data science, or a minimal RAM-conserving mode — without ever touching the configuration file by hand.