The os-homedir npm package is a simple utility for getting the home directory of the current user. It is particularly useful in environments where the standard environment variables (like $HOME on Unix-based systems or %USERPROFILE% on Windows) might not be reliably set. It provides a straightforward API to retrieve the user's home directory in a cross-platform way.
Get current user's home directory
This feature allows you to retrieve the home directory of the current user. The function `osHomedir()` returns a string that represents the path to the user's home directory. This is useful for storing user-specific data or configurations outside of your application's directory in a location that is consistent across different operating systems.
const osHomedir = require('os-homedir');
console.log(osHomedir());The 'os' module is a built-in Node.js module that provides operating system-related utility methods and properties. It includes the `os.homedir()` method, which serves the same purpose as os-homedir. The main difference is that os-homedir is a standalone package, while `os.homedir()` is part of the broader 'os' module that comes with Node.js.
The 'user-home' package is similar to os-homedir in that it provides a way to get the current user's home directory. However, 'user-home' has been deprecated in favor of using `os.homedir()` directly from Node.js's built-in 'os' module. This indicates a trend towards relying on native Node.js functionality for this purpose.
This is not needed anymore. Use require('os').homedir() instead.
Node.js 4
os.homedir()ponyfill
$ npm install --save os-homedir
const osHomedir = require('os-homedir');
console.log(osHomedir());
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus'
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Node.js 4 `os.homedir()` ponyfill
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We found that os-homedir demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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