os.platform()
Returns the operating system platform string.
Syntax
os.platform()Returns
string — Same values as process.platform: 'linux', 'darwin', 'win32', etc.
Examples
import { platform } from 'node:os';
console.log(platform());
Output
darwin
import { platform } from 'node:os';
const isWindows = platform() === 'win32';
console.log(isWindows ? 'CRLF' : 'LF');
Output
LF
Notes
Identical to `process.platform` but importable from the os module.
For a human-readable OS name use `os.type()`; for the kernel release
use `os.release()`.