# os-name
> Get the name of the current operating system\
> Example: `macOS Sierra`
Useful for analytics and debugging.
## Install
```sh
npm install os-name
```
## Usage
```js
import os from 'node:os';
import osName from 'os-name';
// On a macOS Sierra system
osName();
//=> 'macOS Sierra'
osName(os.platform(), os.release());
//=> 'macOS Sierra'
osName('darwin', '14.0.0');
//=> 'OS X Yosemite'
osName('linux', '3.13.0-24-generic');
//=> 'Linux 3.13'
osName('win32', '6.3.9600');
//=> 'Windows 8.1'
```
## API
### osName(platform?, release?)
By default, the name of the current operating system is returned.
You can optionally supply a custom [`os.platform()`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_platform) and [`os.release()`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_release).
Check out [`getos`](https://github.com/wblankenship/getos) if you need the Linux distribution name.
## Contributing
Production systems depend on this package for logging / tracking. Please be careful when introducing new output, and adhere to existing output format (whitespace, capitalization, etc.).
## Related
- [os-name-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/os-name-cli) - CLI for this module
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