Get the name of the current operating system
Example:macOS Sierra
Useful for analytics and debugging.
$ npm install os-name
const os = require('os'); const osName = require('os-name'); // On a macOS Sierra system osName(); //=> 'macOS Sierra' osName(os.platform(), os.release()); //=> 'macOS Sierra' osName('darwin', '14.0.0'); //=> 'OS X Yosemite' osName('linux', '3.13.0-24-generic'); //=> 'Linux 3.13' osName('win32', '6.3.9600'); //=> 'Windows 8.1'
By default, the name of the current operating system is returned.
You can optionally supply a custom os.platform()
and os.release()
.
Check out getos
if you need the Linux distribution name.
Production systems depend on this package for logging / tracking. Please be careful when introducing new output, and adhere to existing output format (whitespace, capitalization, etc.).
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