Pre-release · free
TuxBridge installs and runs real Linux systems next to Windows, for people who have never used Linux or a command line. Pick one, type a name, and a few minutes later you have a terminal, a full desktop in a window, and a penguin who shows you around.
For Windows 10 and 11. Nothing is installed over Windows; removing a system removes everything it had.
WSL is built into Windows, but setting it up, choosing a Linux and getting a desktop running usually means an afternoon of tutorials. TuxBridge turns it into buttons.
Is virtualization on? Is WSL current? TuxBridge checks and fixes what it can, with one "Yes" from Windows.
Each Linux described in plain words. Choose a name, an account and a desktop, and TuxBridge does the rest.
GNOME, Cinnamon, Xfce, KDE Plasma or Hyprland, in a window of their own or full screen, drawn by TuxBridge's own fast display. No VNC, no network.
One button turns on the free Docker Engine. Install a media server, cloud storage, an AI chat or a database in one click.
Update a system or a container with a button, stop what you aren't using, and remove a system cleanly when you're done.
About 50 guides, from "what is Linux" to networking and the GPU, with a search that understands "quotes", -words and in:ubuntu.
Pip doubles as an optional AI assistant that runs on your own PC. It reads the guides and sees your systems, and your questions never leave the computer.
Try anything. A system you break can be removed and installed again in minutes, and Windows is never touched.
Install several side by side, even two of the same kind. Not sure? Start with Ubuntu.
The most popular Linux. A safe first choice, with the GNOME desktop.
Familiar and calm, with the Windows-like Cinnamon desktop.
Rock-solid and light, with the quick Xfce desktop.
Always the newest software. Best with the Hyprland desktop.
Arch Linux, tuned for speed.
A beautiful, ready-made Hyprland desktop on Arch.
For learning security testing, on systems you own.
Security, privacy and development tools, with KDE Plasma.
TuxBridge downloads each system from its official source. Names belong to their projects; TuxBridge isn't affiliated with them.
The Learn page teaches Linux in a real system, step by step.
you@ubuntu:~/linux-quest$ ls -a . .. .secret README.txt deep you@ubuntu:~/linux-quest$ cat .secret FLAG{…found it…} you@ubuntu:~/linux-quest$
Pip is a little penguin who lives on the Linux side of your PC and carries things across the bridge for you: systems, desktops, answers. Who Pip talks to over there is… not something Pip discusses. Turn Pip on in Settings, or let Pip join you in Kids mode.
It checks your PC and turns on what Linux needs, with one prompt from Windows.
Choose a name, an account and a desktop. Install takes a few minutes.
Open its terminal, its files or its desktop. Pip shows you around.
Yes. TuxBridge is free while in pre-release, and the Linux systems it installs are free software.
Linux runs in a small, fast virtual machine that Windows manages. It uses memory only while a system runs, and stops by itself when idle. Nothing is installed over Windows.
Windows 10 or 11, a processor with virtualization (almost every PC from the last decade), and a few GB of space per system. TuxBridge checks all of this for you.
That's exactly who it's for. Everything is explained in plain words, the guides are inside the app, and Pip is there if you want a hand.
Yes. TuxBridge shows every Linux system on the PC, including ones from the Microsoft Store.
No account, no tracking. Pip's optional AI runs on your own PC, and your progress in Learn stays there too.
TuxBridge is in pre-release. The first public download is on its way.
Pip says the bridge is almost ready.