Gathering detailed insights and metrics for os-name
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for os-name
Get the name of the current operating system. Example: macOS Sierra
Installations
npm install os-nameDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
ESM
Min. Node Version
>=18
Node Version
20.19.1
NPM Version
10.9.2
Score
97.6
Supply Chain
79.7
Quality
79.1
Maintenance
100
Vulnerability
100
License
Releases
9
Languages
2
JavaScript
TypeScript
JavaScript (86.07%)
TypeScript (13.93%)
Developer
sindresorhus
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
955,353,010
Last Day
222,586
Last Week
3,339,781
Last Month
14,733,005
Last Year
147,842,701
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
147 Stars
52 Commits
15 Forks
6 Watchers
1 Branches
10 Contributors
Updated on Jun 12, 2025
Sponsor this package
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
6.1.0
Package Id
os-name@6.1.0
Unpacked Size
4.75 kB
Size
2.13 kB
File Count
5
NPM Version
10.9.2
Node Version
20.19.1
Published on
May 22, 2025
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
955,353,010
Last Day
-14.9%
222,586
Compared to previous day
Last Week
-9.1%
3,339,781
Compared to previous week
Last Month
5%
14,733,005
Compared to previous month
Last Year
-9.7%
147,842,701
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
Dependencies
2
Dev Dependencies
4
os-name
Get the name of the current operating system
Example:macOS Sierra
Useful for analytics and debugging.
Install
1npm install os-name
Usage
1import os from 'node:os'; 2import osName from 'os-name'; 3 4// On a macOS Sierra system 5 6osName(); 7//=> 'macOS Sierra' 8 9osName(os.platform(), os.release()); 10//=> 'macOS Sierra' 11 12osName('darwin', '14.0.0'); 13//=> 'OS X Yosemite' 14 15osName('linux', '3.13.0-24-generic'); 16//=> 'Linux 3.13' 17 18osName('win32', '6.3.9600'); 19//=> 'Windows 8.1'
API
osName(platform?, release?)
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.
Related
- os-name-cli - CLI for this module
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
security policy file detected
Details
- Info: security policy file detected: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found linked content: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found text in security policy: .github/security.md:1
Reason
0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: license:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: license:0
Reason
Found 7/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
Reason
2 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/main.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:16: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/os-name/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:17: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/os-name/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:21
- Info: 0 out of 2 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 npmCommand dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'main'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 7 are checked with a SAST tool
Score
4.3
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-06-16
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