os-name

Get the name of the current operating system. Example: macOS Sierra

Last updated 3 years ago by sindresorhus .

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os-name

Get the name of the current operating system
Example: macOS Sierra

Useful for analytics and debugging.

Install

npm install os-name

Usage

import os from 'node:os';
import osName from 'os-name';

// On a macOS Sierra system

osName();
//=> 'macOS Sierra'

osName(os.platform(), os.release());
//=> 'macOS Sierra'

osName('darwin', '14.0.0');
//=> 'OS X Yosemite'

osName('linux', '3.13.0-24-generic');
//=> 'Linux 3.13'

osName('win32', '6.3.9600');
//=> 'Windows 8.1'

API

osName(platform?, release?)

By default, the name of the current operating system is returned.

You can optionally supply a custom os.platform() and os.release().

Check out getos if you need the Linux distribution name.

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Dependencies (2)

macos-release ^3.0.1
windows-release ^5.0.1

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@types/node ^16.11.7
ava ^3.15.0
tsd ^0.18.0
xo ^0.46.4

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