win-release

What is win-release?

The win-release npm package is used to get the name of a Windows version from the release number. This can be useful for applications that need to display or log the Windows version in a human-readable format.

What are win-release's main functionalities?

Get Windows version name from release number

This feature allows you to get the Windows version name from a given release number. In this example, the release number '10.0.19041' corresponds to Windows 10.

const winRelease = require('win-release');
console.log(winRelease('10.0.19041')); // '10'

Other packages similar to win-release

os-name

The os-name package provides a more general solution for getting the name of the operating system, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is more versatile compared to win-release, which is specific to Windows.

os-release

The os-release package is another alternative that provides information about the operating system release. It is similar to win-release but offers more detailed information and supports multiple operating systems.

README

win-release

Get the name of a Windows version from the release number: 5.1.2600 → XP

Install

$ npm install win-release

Usage

const os = require('os');
const winRelease = require('win-release');

// On a Windows XP system

winRelease();
//=> 'XP'

os.release();
//=> '5.1.2600'

winRelease(os.release());
//=> 'XP'

winRelease('4.9.3000');
//=> 'ME'

API

winRelease([release])

release

Type: string

By default, the current OS is used, but you can supply a custom release number, which is the output of os.release().

Note: Most Windows Server versions cannot be detected based on the release number alone. There is runtime detection in place to work around this, but it will only be used if no argument is supplied, or the supplied argument matches os.release().

Related

• os-name - Get the name of the current operating system
• macos-release - Get the name and version of a macOS release from the Darwin version

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus