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os-name

Get the name of the current operating system. Example: macOS Sierra

v7.0.1, 18 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install os-name
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
2.8m
-0% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
6 days ago
v7.0.1
GitHub stars
149
16 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
6

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 4m (3 Mar 2026)Low 1.7m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,844,631 downloads last week. The 12-month change of -0% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
220 in total
Latest version
7.0.1, 18 Sept 20266 days ago
First published
7 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
6
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 2 Feb 2026
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 24 Nov 2023
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 12 Aug 2021
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 29 Aug 2020
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 Nov 2018
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 19 Jun 2016
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Aug 2014
  8. v0 first release 0.1.0, 7 Jun 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.0.118 Sept 2026
7.0.02 Feb 2026
6.1.022 May 2025
6.0.024 Nov 2023
5.1.07 Dec 2022
5.0.111 Nov 2021
5.0.012 Aug 2021
4.0.128 Jul 2021
4.0.029 Aug 2020
3.1.05 Apr 2019
3.0.020 Nov 2018
2.0.120 Jun 2016
2.0.019 Jun 2016
1.0.328 Jan 2015

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
5.4 kB
Dependencies (2)
macos-releasewindows-release

Install

npm install os-name

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/os-name@7.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/os-name@7.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/os-name@7.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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