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Get the operating system CPU architecture
process.arch
/ os.arch()
is generally not useful as it returns the CPU architecture for which the Node.js binary was compiled, not the actual system architecture.
For browser usage, you probably want is64bit
instead.
npm install system-architecture
import {systemArchitecture} from 'system-architecture';
// On ARM64 macOS
console.log(await systemArchitecture());
//=> 'arm64'
Returns a promise for a CPU architecture name. See process.arch
for possible values.
Returns a CPU architecture name. See process.arch
for possible values.
This should really be in Node.js core, but they are not pragmatic.
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Get the operating system CPU architecture
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