windows-release
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Get the name of a Windows version from the release number: `5.1.2600` → `XP`
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.
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 10Get 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 10The 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.
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.
Get the name of a Windows version from the release number:
5.1.2600→XP
npm install windows-release
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'
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().
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Get the name of a Windows version from the release number: `5.1.2600` → `XP`
We found that windows-release 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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