Package

is-admin

Check if the process is running as administrator on Windows

v4.0.0, 11 Aug 2021MITESM onlyTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install is-admin

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 136k; +250% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v4.0.0
GitHub stars: 39; 4 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
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.

135,983 downloads last week, 566,551 in the last month. The 12-month change of +250% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 4.0.0, 11 Aug 20215 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 11 Aug 20211,870 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 74

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: ^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.2 kB
Dependencies (1): execa

Install

npm install is-admin

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/is-admin@4.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/is-admin@4.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/is-admin@4.0.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.