Microsoft announced Coreutils for Windows at Build 2026, bringing Linux command-line utilities like ls, cp, grep, and rm to Windows as native apps through a single coreutils.exe binary. The release is based on the open-source uutils project and aims to help developers move across Windows, Linux, macOS, and WSL without changing scripts or workflows. #CoreutilsforWindows #uutils #WSL
Keypoints
- Microsoft released Coreutils for Windows at Build 2026.
- The project is based on the Rust rewrite from uutils.
- It brings common Linux commands to Windows natively.
- A single coreutils.exe binary powers many command links.
- Some Unix utilities are omitted due to Windows compatibility limits.