Get the username of the current user
This module is meant for informational purposes and not for secure identification.
npm install username
This package only works in Node.js, not in browsers.
import {username} from 'username';
console.log(await username());
//=> 'sindresorhus'
It first tries to get the username from the SUDO_USER LOGNAME USER LNAME USERNAME environment variables. Then falls back to $ id -un on macOS / Linux and $ whoami on Windows, in the rare case none of the environment variables are set. The result is cached.
username(): Promise<string | undefined>Returns the username.
usernameSync(): string | undefinedReturns the username.
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Get the username of the current user
The npm package username receives a total of 47,510 weekly downloads. As such, username popularity was classified as popular.
We found that username 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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