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authorMaximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com>2018-05-16 15:35:37 +0200
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## Windows
-All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under WSL (Windows Subsystem for
-Linux). Please follow the [installation instructions for
-WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then
+
+All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under [WSL (Windows Subsystem for
+Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about). We recommend to [install WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then
follow the mitmproxy installation instructions for Linux.
We also distribute native Windows packages for all tools other than the
-mitmproxy console app, which is not supported under native Windows. The
-recommended way to install mitmproxy on Windows is to download the binary
-packages from our
-[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page.
+mitmproxy console app, which only works under WSL. To install mitmproxy on Windows,
+download the binary packages from our
+[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page.
After installation, you'll find shortcuts for mitmweb and mitmdump in the start
menu. Both executables are added to your PATH and can be invoked from the