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');

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

// promises style - new in version 3
si.cpu()
	.then(data => console.log(data))
	.catch(error => console.error(error));

News and Changes

Latest Activity

• Version 3.4.0: rewritten currentLoad and CPU load for processes (linux). This is now much more accurate.
• Version 3.3.0: added process list. Get full process list including details like cpu and mem usage, status, command, ...
• Version 3.2.0: added battery support. If a battery is installed, you get information about status and current capacity level
• Version 3.1.0: added Docker support. Now you can scan your docker containers and get their stats
• Version 3.0.0: added DisksIO - overall diskIO and IOPS values for all mounted volumes

I also created a little command line tool called mmon (micro-monitor), also available via github and npm

Here all changes more detailed:

Major (breaking) Changes - Version 3

• works only with node.js v4.0.0 and above (using now internal ES6 promise function, arrow functions, ...)
• Promises. As you can see above, you can now also use it in a promise oriented way. But callbacks are still supported.
• cpuCurrentspeed: now returns an object with current minimal, maximal and average CPU frequencies of all cores.
• mem: now supports also newer versions of free (Version 3.3.10 and above); extended information avaliable (potentially available memory)
• fsStats: added information sum bytes read + write (tx) and sum transfer rate/sec (tx_sec)
• networkInterfaces: now providing one more detail: internal - true if this is an internal interface like "lo"
• networkConnections: instead of only counting sockets, you now get an array of objects with connection details for each socket (protocol, local and peer address, state)
• users: now provides an array of objects with users online including detailed session information (login date/time, ip address, terminal, command)
• inetLatency: now you can provide a host against which you want to test latency (default is 8.8.8.8)
• getDynamicData: changed order of parameters (callback - if provided - is now the last one): getDynamicData(srv, network, callback)
• getAllData: changed order of parameters (callback - if provided - is now the last one): getAllData(srv, network, callback)

New Functions

• networkInterfaceDefault: returns default network interface (new in version 3.4)
• processes: now returns also a process list with all process details (new in version 3.3)
• battery: retrieves battery status and charging level (new in version 3.2)
• dockerContainers: returns a list of all docker containers (new in version 3.1)
• dockerContainerStats: returns statistics for a specific docker container (new in version 3.1)
• dockerAll: returns a list of all docker containers including their stats (new in version 3.1)
• disksIO: returns overall diskIO and IOPS values for all mounted volumes (new in version 3.0)

Bug Fixes

• bugfix disksIO - on OSX read and write got mixed up
• several bug fixes (like assess errors in cpuCurrentspeed, potentially incorrect results in users, ...)
• testet on even more platforms and linux distributions

Be aware, that the new version 3.x is NOT fully backward compatible to version 2.x ...

Major (breaking) Changes - Version 2

There had been a lot of changes in version 2 of systeminformation! Here is a quick overview (for those who come from version 1):

New Functions

• version: returns systeminformation version (semver) of this library
• 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 ;-)

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. Version 3 comes with further improvements. First it requires now node.js version 4.0 and above. Another big change is, that all functions now return promises. You can use them like before with callbacks OR with promises (see example in this documentation). I am sure, 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). Since version 2 nearly all functionality is available 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. Docker
12. 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 CPU speed (in GHz)
- avg	X	X	avg CPU speed (all cores)
- min	X	X	min CPU speed (all cores)
- max	X	X	max CPU speed (all cores)
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	total memory
- free	X	X	not used
- used	X	X	used (incl. buffers/cache)
- active	X	X	used actively (excl. buffers/cache)
- buffcache	X	X	used by buffers+cache
- available	X	X	potentially available (total - active)
- swaptotal	X	X
- swapused	X	X
- swapfree	X	X
si.battery(cb)	X	X	battery information
- hasbattery	X	X	indicates presence of battery
- ischarging	X	X	indicates if battery is charging
- maxcapacity	X	X	max capacity of battery
- currentcapacity	X	X	current capacity of battery
- percent	X	X	charging level in percent
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
- tx	X	X	total bytes read + written since startup
- rx_sec	X	X	bytes read / second (* see notes)
- wx_sec	X	X	bytes written / second (* see notes)
- tx_sec	X	X	total bytes reads + written / second
- ms	X	X	interval length (for per second values)
si.disksIO(cb)	X	X	current transfer stats
- rIO	X	X	read IOs on all mounted drives
- wIO	X	X	write IOs on all mounted drives
- tIO	X	X	write IOs on all mounted drives
- rIO_sec	X	X	read IO per sec (* see notes)
- wIO_sec	X	X	write IO per sec (* see notes)
- tIO_sec	X	X	total IO per sec (* see notes)
- ms	X	X	interval length (for per second values)
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
- [0].internal	X	X	true if internal interface
si.networkInterfaceDefault(cb)	X	X	get name of default network interface
si.networkStats(iface,cb)	X	X	current network stats of given interface iface parameter is optional defaults to first external network 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)
- ms	X	X	interval length (for per second values)
si.networkConnections(cb)	X	X	current network network connections returns an array of all connections
- [0].protocol	X	X	tcp or udp
- [0].localaddress	X	X	local address
- [0].localport	X	X	local port
- [0].peeraddress	X	X	peer address
- [0].peerport	X	X	peer port
- [0].state	X	X	like ESTABLISHED, TIME_WAIT, ...
si.currentLoad(cb)	X	X	CPU-Load
- avgload	X	X	average load
- currentload	X	X	CPU-Load in %
- currentload_user	X		CPU-Load User in %
- currentload_nice	X		CPU-Load Nice in %
- currentload_system	X		CPU-Load System 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
- all	X	X	# of all processes
- running	X	X	# of all processes running
- blocked	X	X	# of all processes blocked
- sleeping	X	X	# of all processes sleeping
- list	X	X	# list of all processes incl. details
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
- [0].user	X	X	user name
- [0].tty	X	X	terminal
- [0].date	X	X	login date
- [0].time	X	X	login time
- [0].ip	X	X	ip address (remote login)
- [0].command	X	X	last command or shell
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(host, cb)	X	X	response-time (ms) to external resource host parameter is optional (default 8.8.8.8)
si.dockerContainers(all, cb)	X	X	returns array of active/all docker containers
- [0].id	X	X	ID of container
- [0].name	X	X	name of container
- [0].image	X	X	name of image
- [0].imageID	X	X	ID of image
- [0].command	X	X	command
- [0].created	X	X	creation time
- [0].state	X	X	created, running, exited
- [0].ports	X	X	array of ports
- [0].mounts	X	X	array of mounts
si.dockerContainerStats(id, cb)	X	X	statistics for a specific container
- id	X	X	Container ID
- mem_usage	X	X	memory usage in bytes
- mem_limit	X	X	memory limit (max mem) in bytes
- mem_percent	X	X	memory usage in percent
- cpu_percent	X	X	cpu usage in percent
- pids	X	X	number of processes
- netIO.rx	X	X	received bytes via network
- netIO.wx	X	X	sent bytes via network
- blockIO.r	X	X	bytes read from BlockIO
- blockIO.w	X	X	bytes written to BlockIO
si.dockerAll(cb)	X	X	list of all containers including their stats in one single array
si.getStaticData(cb)	X	X	all static data at once
si.getDynamicData(srv,iface,cb)	X	X	all dynamic data at once
si.getAllData(srv,iface,cb)	X	X	all data at once

cb: Asynchronous Function Calls (callback)

Remember: all functions (except version and time) are implemented as asynchronous functions! There are now two ways to consume them:

Callback Style

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);
})

Promises

Promises Style is new in version 3.0.

When omitting callback parameter (cb), then you can use all function in a promise oriented way. All functions (exept of version and time) are returning a promis, that you can consume:

si.networkStats('eth1')
	.then(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);
	})
	.catch(error => console.error(error));

*: Additional Notes

In fsStats, disksIO and networkStats the results per second values (rx_sec, IOPS, ...) are calculated beginning with the second call of the function. It is determined by calculating the difference of transferred bytes / IOs 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
3.4.2	2016-09-01	improved default network interface
3.4.1	2016-08-30	updated docs
3.4.0	2016-08-30	rewritten processes current cpu usage
3.3.0	2016-08-24	process list added to processes
3.2.1	2016-08-19	updated docs, improvement system
3.2.0	2016-08-19	added battery information
3.1.1	2016-08-18	improved system and os detection (vm, ...), bugfix disksIO
3.1.0	2016-08-18	added Docker stats
3.0.1	2016-08-17	Bug-Fix disksIO, users, updated docs
3.0.0	2016-08-03	new major version 3.0
2.0.5	2016-03-02	changed .gitignore
2.0.4	2016-02-22	tiny correction - removed double quotes CPU brand, ...
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
• Quentin Busuttil Buzut
• lapsio lapsio

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., Docker is a trademark of Docker, Inc. 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.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Further details see LICENSE file.