> Does it work on Windows? > Not directly. It requires Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) – Codex has been tested on macOS and Linux with Node ≥ 22.

I've been seeing similar things in different projects lately. WSL in long term seems to be reducing the scope of what people decide to develop natively on Windows.

Seeing the pressure to move "apps" to the Windows Store, VSCode connecting to remote (or WSL) for development, and Azure, it does seem intentional.

The developer experience of linux is simply more popular.