systeminformation

What is systeminformation?

The systeminformation package is a Node.js library that provides detailed information about the system it's running on. It can retrieve data about the CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, and more. It is designed to be a comprehensive tool for system monitoring and hardware details retrieval in Node.js applications.

What are systeminformation's main functionalities?

System Information

Retrieve general information about the system like manufacturer, model, version, and serial number.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.system().then(data => console.log(data));

CPU Information

Get detailed information about the CPU, including brand, speed, and cores.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.cpu().then(data => console.log(data));

Memory Information

Access information about the system's memory, such as total, free, and used memory.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.mem().then(data => console.log(data));

Disk Information

Provides information about the disk layout, including type and size of each disk.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.diskLayout().then(data => console.log(data));

Network Information

Gather data on network interfaces, including IP addresses, MAC addresses, and status.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.networkInterfaces().then(data => console.log(data));

Battery Information

Check the status of the battery, its capacity, and whether it's charging.

const si = require('systeminformation');
si.battery().then(data => console.log(data));

Other packages similar to systeminformation

os-utils

os-utils is a package that provides basic operating system-related utility functions. It is less comprehensive than systeminformation, focusing mainly on CPU usage, free memory, and uptime.

vitalsigns

vitalsigns is a package designed for health monitoring of Node.js applications. It can track CPU and memory usage, but it is more focused on application health rather than detailed system information.

README

systeminformation

Simple system and OS information library for node.js

Quick Start

Installation

$ npm install systeminformation --save

Usage

All functions (except version and time) are implemented as asynchronous functions. Here a small example how to use them:

var si = require('systeminformation');

si.cpu(function(data) {
	console.log('CPU-Information:');
	console.log(data);
})

Major Changes - Version 2

There are a lot of changes in version 2 of systeminformation! Here is a quick overview:

New Functions

• version: returns systeminformation version (semver)
• system: hardware info (manufacturer, product/model name, version, serial, uuid)
• networkConnections: number of active connections
• inetLatency: latency in ms to external resource (internet)
• getStaticData: returns on json object with static data at once (OS, CPU, Network Interfaces - they should not change until restarted)
• getDynamicData: returns on json object with all dynamic data at once (e.g. for monitoring agents)
• getAllData: returns on json object with all data (static and dynamic) at once

Renamed Functions (now all camelCase)

• osinfo: renamed to osInfo
• cpu_currentspeed: renamed to cpuCurrentspeed
• cpu_temperature: renamed to cpuTemperature
• fs_size: renamed to fsSize
• fs_speed: renamed to fsStats
• network_interfaces: renamed to networkInterfaces
• network_speed: renamed to networkStats
• network_connections: renamed to networkConnections
• currentload: renamed to currentLoad
• fullload: renamed to fullLoad
• processload: renamed to processLoad
• checksite: renamed to inetChecksite

Function Changes

• cpu_temperature/cpuTemperature: -1 is new default (and indicates that non sensors are installed)
• cpu_temperature/cpuTemperature: new result max which returns max temperature of all cores
• cpu_currentspeed/cpuCurrentspeed: now in GHz
• cpu: splitted manufacturer (e.g. Intel) and brand (e.g. Core 2 Duo)
• network_speed/networkStats: now better support for OS X (also support for operstate)
• network_speed/networkStats: overall received and transferred bytes (rx, tx)
• mem: now better support for OS X (also support for swaptotal, swapused, swapfree)
• fs_size/fsSize: use-values now in % (0 - 100% instead of 0 - 1)
• fs_speed/fsStats: now also full support for OS X
• checksite/inetChecksite: new result structure - see command reference
• checksite/inetChecksite: ms (former response_ms): -1 if not ok

Other changes

• no more external dependencies: request is not longer needed
• where possible results are now integer or float values (instead of strings) because it is easier to calculate with numbers ;-)

Be aware, that the new version 2.x is NOT backward compatible to version 1.x ....

Core concept

Node.js comes with some basic OS information, but I always wanted a little more. So I came up to write this little library. This library is still work in progress. In version 2 I cleaned up a lot of inconsistencies and bugs, but there is for sure room for improvement. I was only able to test it on several Debian, Raspbian, Ubuntu distributions as well as OS X (Mavericks, Yosemite, El Captain). Version 2 now also supports nearly all functionality on OS X/Darwin platforms. But be careful, this library will definitely NOT work on Windows platforms!

If you have comments, suggestions & reports, please feel free to contact me!

Reference

Sections

This library is splitted in several sections:

1. General
2. System (HW)
3. Operating System
4. CPU
5. Memory
6. File System
7. Network
8. Processes
9. Users
10. Internet
11. GetAll

Function Reference and OS Support

function	Linux	OS X	Comments
si.version()	X	X	systeminformation version (no callback!)
si.time()	X	X	time information (no callback!)
- current	X	X	local time
- uptime	X	X	uptime
si.system(cb)	X	X	hardware information
- manufacturer	X	X	e.g. 'MSI'
- model	X	X	model/product e.g. 'MS-7823'
- version	X	X	version e.g. '1.0'
- serial	X	X	serial number
- uuid	X	X	UUID
si.osInfo(cb)	X	X	OS information
- platform	X	X	'Linux' or 'Darwin'
- distro	X	X
- release	X	X
- codename		X
- kernel	X	X	kernel release - same as os.release()
- arch	X	X	same as os.arch()
- hostname	X	X	same as os.hostname()
- logofile	X	X	e.g. 'apple', 'debian', 'fedora', ...
si.cpu(cb)	X	X	CPU information
- manufacturer	X	X	e.g. 'Intel(R)'
- brand	X	X	e.g. 'Core(TM)2 Duo'
- speed	X	X	in GHz e.g. '3.40'
- cores	X	X	# cores
si.cpuCurrentspeed(cb)	X	X	current speed (in GHz)
si.cpuTemperature(cb)	X		CPU temperature (if sensors is installed)
- main	X		main temperature
- cores	X		array of temperatures
- max	X		max temperature
si.mem(cb)	X	X	Memory information
- total	X	X
- free	X	X
- used	X	X
- active	X	X
- buffcache	X	X
- swaptotal	X	X
- swapused	X	X
- swapfree	X	X
si.fsSize(cb)	X	X	returns array of mounted file systems
- [0].fs	X	X	name of file system
- [0].size	X	X	sizes in Bytes
- [0].used	X	X	used in Bytes
- [0].use	X	X	used in %
- [0].mount	X	X	mount point
si.fsStats(cb)	X	X	current transfer stats
- rx	X	X	bytes read since startup
- wx	X	X	bytes written since startup
- rx_sec	X	X	bytes read / second (* see notes)
- wx_sec	X	X	bytes written / second (* see notes)
si.networkInterfaces(cb)	X	X	array of network interfaces
- [0].iface	X	X	interface name
- [0].ip4	X	X	ip4 address
- [0].ip6	X	X	ip6 address
si.networkStats('eth1',cb)	X	X	current network stats of given interface
- iface	X	X	interface
- operstate	X	X	up / down
- rx	X	X	received bytes overall
- tx	X	X	transferred bytes overall
- rx_sec	X	X	received bytes / second (* see notes)
- tx_sec	X	X	transferred bytes per second (* see notes)
si.currentLoad(cb)	X	X	CPU-Load in %
si.fullLoad(cb)	X	X	CPU-full load since bootup in %
si.services('mysql, apache2', cb)	X	X	pass comma separated string of services
- [0].name	X	X	name of service
- [0].running	X	X	true / false
- [0].pcpu	X	X	process % CPU
- [0].pmem	X	X	process % MEM
si.processes(cb)	X	X	# running processes
si.processLoad('apache2',cb)	X	X	detailed information about given process
- proc	X	X	process name
- pid	X	X	PID
- cpu	X	X	process % CPU
- mem	X	X	process % MEM
si.users(cb)	X	X	array of users online
si.inetChecksite(url, cb)	X	X	response-time (ms) to fetch given URL
- url	X	X	given url
- ok	X	X	status code OK (2xx, 3xx)
- status	X	X	status code
- ms	X	X	response time in ms
si.inetLatency(cb)	X	X	response-time (ms) to external ressource
si.getStaticData(cb)	X	X	all static data at once
si.getDynamicData(cb,srv,iface)	X	X	all dynamic data at once
si.getAllData(cb,srv,iface)	X	X	all data at once

cb: Asynchronous Function Calls (callback)

Remember: all functions (except version and time) are implemented as asynchronous (callback) functions! So another example, how to use a specific function might be:

var si = require('systeminformation');

si.networkStats('eth1', function(data) {
	console.log('Network Interface Stats (eth1):');
	console.log('- is up: ' + data.operstate);
	console.log('- RX bytes overall: ' + data.rx);
	console.log('- TX bytes overall: ' + data.tx);
	console.log('- RX bytes/sec: ' + data.rx_sec);
	console.log('- TX bytes/sec: ' + data.tx_sec);
})

*: Additional Notes

In fsStats and networkStats the results per second values (rx_sec, ...) are calculated beginning with the second call of the function. It is determined by calculating the difference of transferred bytes divided by the time between two calls of the function.

Known Issues

There is one major things, that I was still not able to solve:

For OS X, I did not find a reliable way to get the CPU temperature. All suggestions I found did not work on current version of OS X on different machines (intel platform). So if anyone has an idea, this would be helpful.

I am happy to discuss any comments and suggestions. Please feel free to contact me if you see any possibility of improvement!

Version history

Version	Date	Comment
2.0.3	2016-02-22	optimized cpuCurrentspeed
2.0.2	2016-02-22	added CoreOS identification
2.0.1	2016-01-07	minor patch
2.0.0	2016-01-07	new major version 2.0
1.0.7	2015-11-27	fixed: si.network_speed()
1.0.6	2015-09-17	fixed: si.users()
1.0.5	2015-09-14	updated dependencies
1.0.4	2015-07-18	updated docs
1.0.3	2015-07-18	bugfix cpu cores
1.0.2	2015-07-18	bugfix cpu_currentspeed, cpu_temperature
1.0.1	2015-07-18	documentation update
1.0.0	2015-07-18	bug-fixes, version bump, published as npm component
0.0.3	2014-04-14	bug-fix (cpu_speed)
0.0.2	2014-03-14	Optimization FS-Speed & CPU current speed
0.0.1	2014-03-13	initial release

Comments

If you have ideas or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Happy monitoring!

Sincerely,

Sebastian Hildebrandt, +innovations

Credits

Written by Sebastian Hildebrandt sebhildebrandt

Contributers

• Guillaume Legrain glegrain
• Riccardo Novaglia richy24

Copyright Information

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds, OS X is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Node.js is a trademark of Joyent Inc., Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation, Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Debian is a trademark of the Debian Project, Ubuntu is a trademark of Canonical Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright © 2014-2016 Sebastian Hildebrandt, +innovations.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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Further details see LICENSE file.