microsoft/windowsdeveloperconfig

Windows Developer Config takes a fresh, empty Windows installation and turns it into a fully equipped developer workstation with a single command. Instead of spending hours manually downloading tools, configuring terminal settings, and tweaking system preferences, you run one setup script that handles everything for you. The project offers three main setups. The first is a complete workstation configuration that installs tools like Git, VS Code, Python, and Node.js, applies sensible Windows settings like dark mode and developer mode, and sets up the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). The second is a lighter option focused just on giving you a polished, well-themed terminal shell within WSL. The third is a collection of single-language workloads, if you only need Python, or only Rust, or only .NET, you can run just that specific setup. Everything runs through Windows' built-in package manager, and the configs are idempotent, meaning you can safely run them again on an existing machine without breaking anything. This is ideal for developers who frequently set up new machines, teams that want every developer to start from the exact same baseline, or anyone who just bought a new laptop and dreads the setup process. For example, a startup onboarding a new engineer could have them run the full workstation config on day one, ensuring they have the same tools and settings as the rest of the team within minutes rather than hours. One notable aspect is how the project handles the WSL installation, which normally requires a system restart. The script registers a task that automatically resumes the setup after your machine reboots and you log back in, so you don't have to babysit the process. The configurations are also continuously tested in a CI environment, meaning Microsoft verifies that these setups actually work as advertised before shipping them.