windows-release

What is windows-release?

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

What are windows-release's main functionalities?

Get Windows Version Name

This feature allows you to get the name of the Windows version based on the release number. By default, it uses the current operating system's release number.

const windowsRelease = require('windows-release');
console.log(windowsRelease()); // e.g., '10' for Windows 10

Get Windows Version Name from Specific Release Number

This feature allows you to get the name of the Windows version from a specific release number. This can be useful for parsing and displaying version information from logs or other data sources.

const windowsRelease = require('windows-release');
console.log(windowsRelease('10.0.19041')); // '10' for Windows 10

Other packages similar to windows-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 offers broader functionality compared to windows-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 more focused on Linux distributions but can be used in conjunction with other tools to get similar information for Windows.

README

windows-release

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

Install

npm install windows-release

Usage

import os from 'node:os';
import windowsRelease from 'windows-release';

// On a Windows XP system

windowsRelease();
//=> 'XP'

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

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

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

API

windowsRelease(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