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I Tried This New Tool to Integrate Windows Apps in Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reverse WSL? I Tried This New Tool to Integrate Windows Apps in Linux **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Winpodx is a new open-source tool that lets Linux users run Windows applications with a near-native feel by combining Podman containers, FreeRDP, and the dockur/windows project. Instead of a full VM interface, it streams individual Windows apps directly to the Linux desktop via RDP, making them appear as native applications. Key features include listing and installing Windows apps into Linux app launchers via .desktop files, accessing a full Windows desktop session, bidirectional file access between host Linux and guest Windows, a Qt-based GUI for management, and a 'Reverse Open' capability to open Windows files in Linux apps. The setup is resource-intensive, requiring 16 GB RAM and 64 GB free disk space, and the author noted occasional input lag and screen artifacts during testing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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