The os-name npm package is a simple utility that allows you to get the name of the operating system in a human-readable format. It is useful for logging, debugging, and displaying system information in a user-friendly way.
Get OS Name
This feature allows you to get the name of the operating system. The code sample demonstrates how to use the os-name package to print the OS name to the console.
const osName = require('os-name');
console.log(osName());Get OS Name with Version
This feature allows you to get the name of the operating system along with its version. The code sample shows how to use the os-name package to print the OS name and version to the console.
const osName = require('os-name');
console.log(osName(os.platform(), os.release()));The 'os' module is a built-in Node.js module that provides operating system-related utility methods and properties. Unlike os-name, it does not provide a human-readable OS name but offers more detailed system information such as CPU architecture, network interfaces, and more.
The 'systeminformation' package is a comprehensive library for retrieving detailed system and hardware information. It provides much more detailed information compared to os-name, including CPU, memory, disk, and network details. However, it is more complex to use and may be overkill if you only need the OS name.
The 'node-os-utils' package provides a set of utilities to get various system information such as CPU usage, memory usage, and more. It offers more functionality than os-name but does not focus specifically on providing a human-readable OS name.
Get the name of the current operating system
Example:macOS Sierra
Useful for analytics and debugging.
$ npm install --save os-name
const os = require('os');
const osName = require('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'
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.
Production systems depend on this package for logging / tracking. Please be careful when introducing new output, and adhere to existing output format (whitespace, capitalization, etc.).
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FAQs
Get the name of the current operating system. Example: macOS Sierra
The npm package os-name receives a total of 2,516,042 weekly downloads. As such, os-name popularity was classified as popular.
We found that os-name demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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