Package

getos

Get the OS/Distribution name of the environment you are working on

v3.2.1, 19 May 2020MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install getos

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2.8m; -38% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 years ago; v3.2.1
GitHub stars: 79; 27 forks
Open issues / PRs: 5 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,760,852 downloads last week, 14,352,014 in the last month. The 12-month change of -38% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 031 in total
Latest version: 3.2.1, 19 May 20206 years ago
First published: 28 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub: 6 Jan 20231,357 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 5
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 17 Apr 2017
v2 first release 2.0.1, 5 Sept 2014
v1 first release 1.0.0, 2 Jul 2014
v0 first release 0.1.1, 28 Jun 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.2.1	19 May 2020
3.2.0	20 Apr 2020
3.1.5	12 Mar 2020
3.1.4	23 Jan 2020
3.1.3	23 Jan 2020
3.1.2	23 Jan 2020
3.1.1	22 Nov 2018
3.1.0	31 Oct 2017
3.0.1	19 Apr 2017
3.0.0	17 Apr 2017
2.8.4	28 Dec 2016
2.8.3	28 Dec 2016
2.8.2	2 Aug 2016
2.8.0	7 May 2016

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 39 kB
Dependencies (1): async

Install

npm install getos

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/getos@3.2.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/getos@3.2.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/getos@3.2.1

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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