osx-release

Get the name and version of a OS X release from the Darwin version.
Example: 13.2.0 → {name: 'Mavericks', version: '10.9'}

Install

$ npm install --save osx-release

Usage

var os = require('os');
var osxRelease = require('osx-release');

// on an OS X Mavericks system

osxRelease();
//=> {name: 'Mavericks', version: '10.9'}

os.release();
//=> 13.2.0
// this is the Darwin kernel version

osxRelease(os.release());
//=> {name: 'Mavericks', version: '10.9'}

osxRelease('14.0.0');
//=> {name: 'Yosemite', version: '10.10'}

API

osxRelease([release])

release

Type: string

By default the current OS is used, but you can supply a custom Darwin kernel version, which is the output of os.release().

CLI

$ npm install --global osx-release

$ osx-release --help

  Usage
    osx-release [release]

  Example
    osx-release
    Mavericks 10.9

    osx-release 14.0.0
    Yosemite 10.10

Related

• os-name - Get the name of the current operating system. Example: OS X Mavericks
• osx-version - Get the OS X version of the current system. Example: 10.9.3
• win-release - Get the name of a Windows version from the release number: 5.1.2600 → XP

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus