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# Cross-Platform

**repo:** [bcoe/awesome-cross-platform-nodejs](https://github.com/bcoe/awesome-cross-platform-nodejs)  
**category:** [[platforms|Platforms]]

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## Contents

- [Resources](#resources)
- [Applications](#applications)
  - [Development environment](#development-environment)
  - [Continuous integration](#continuous-integration)
  - [Virtualization](#virtualization)
  - [Compatibility](#compatibility)
  - [Databases](#databases)
- [Libraries](#libraries)
  - [OS identification](#os-identification)
  - [Shell](#shell)
  - [Environment](#environment)
  - [Filesystem](#filesystem)
  - [Signals](#signals)
  - [Processes](#processes)
  - [Streams](#streams)
  - [Desktop UI](#desktop-ui)
  - [Windows registry](#[windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows)-registry)
- [Known issues](#known-issues)
- [Support](#support)

## Resources

- [Core [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) documentation](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/) - Especially the [`os`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html), [`path`](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html), [`fs`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html), [`process`](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html) and [`child_process`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html) modules.
- [Cross-platform [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) guide](https://github.com/ehmicky/cross-platform-node-guide) - How to write cross-platform [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) code.
- [Microsoft [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) Guidelines](https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejs-guidelines) - [Tips](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/tips), tricks, and resources for working with Node.js on Microsoft platforms.
- [Writing Cross-Platform Node.js](http://shapeshed.com/writing-cross-platform-node/) - Great tutorial covering many common issues that arise when writing cross-platform code: path creation, script execution, newline characters.
- [Cross-platform terminal characters](https://github.com/ehmicky/cross-platform-terminal-characters) - All the characters that work on most terminals and most operating systems.

## Applications

### Development environment

- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) - [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) installer for various platforms.
- [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows) - Manage multiple installations of [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) on a [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) computer.
- [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm) / [n](https://github.com/tj/n) - Node version manager for macOS/[Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux).
- [npm-[windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows)-upgrade](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/npm-windows-upgrade) - Upgrade npm on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [windows-build-tools](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools) - Install C++ Build Tools for [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) using npm.

### Continuous integration

- [AppVeyor](http://www.appveyor.com/) - Focused on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows). Free tiers are available for OSS projects.
- [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/) - Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects.
- [Azure Pipelines](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/pipelines/) - Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects with 10 parallel jobs.
- [Github Action](https://github.com/features/actions) - Windows/macOS/Linux. [GitHub](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github) Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows.
- [Gitlab CI](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/) - Windows/macOS/Linux. GitLab CI/CD is a tool built into GitLab for software development.

### Virtualization

- [ievms](https://github.com/amichaelparker/ievms) - Automated installer for the free virtual machine images that Microsoft provides for [testing](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/testing/testing) on multiple versions of IE. These images can be useful for cross-platform [testing](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/testing/testing) various technologies, however make sure you read and understand Microsofts' licensing.
- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) - General purpose software for running x86 virtual machines.
- [Docker](https://www.[docker](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/back-end-development/docker).com/) - Software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application [containers](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/containers) on a common operating system, with an ecosystem of allied tools.

### Compatibility

- [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) - Run [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) API calls on [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux), Mac, BSD and Solaris.
- [Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) - Run POSIX on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) - Run the [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) command line on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) (ELF binary execution, system calls, filesystem, Bash, [core](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/core) utilities, common applications).
- [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org/) - `gcc` on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [msys](http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys) / [Git Bash](https://gitforwindows.org/) - Bash on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).

### Databases

- [Redis](https://github.com/tporadowski/redis) - Native port of Redis for [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).

## Libraries

### OS identification

- [is-windows](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-windows) - Detect whether the current platform is [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [is-wsl](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-wsl) - Detect whether current platform is WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
- [getos](https://github.com/retrohacker/getos) - Retrieve the current OS, including [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) distribution.
- [os-name](https://github.com/sindresorhus/os-name) - Get the name of the current operating system.
- [systeminformation](https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation) - Hardware/software system information.

### Shell

- [execa](https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa) - Cross-platform implementation of `child_process.{execFile,exec}`.
- [gulp-execa](https://github.com/ehmicky/gulp-execa) - Cross-platform command execution in [Gulp](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/gulp).js.
- [cross-spawn](https://github.com/IndigoUnited/node-cross-spawn) - Cross-platform implementation of `child_process.spawn()`.
- [shelljs](https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs) - Cross-platform Unix [shell](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/shell) commands.
- [node-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows) - [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) support for [Node.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/node-js) scripts (daemons, eventlog, UAC, etc).
- [log-symbols](https://github.com/sindresorhus/log-symbols) - Colored symbols for various log levels with [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) fallbacks.
- [figures](https://github.com/sindresorhus/figures) - [Unicode](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/unicode) symbols with [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) fallbacks.
- [clipboardy](https://github.com/sindresorhus/clipboardy) / [clipboard-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/clipboard-cli) - Cross-platform copy/paste.

### Environment

- [cross-env](https://github.com/kentcdodds/cross-env) - Set environment variables cross-platform.
- [user-home](https://github.com/sindresorhus/user-home) - Get the path to the user home directory. Cross-platform.
- [username](https://github.com/sindresorhus/username) - Get the current username.
- [osenv](https://github.com/npm/osenv) - Cross-platform environment variables.
- [is-elevated](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-elevated) - Check if the process is running with elevated privileges.
- [which](https://github.com/npm/node-which) - Cross-platform implementation of Unix's `which`.

### Filesystem

- [rimraf](https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf) / [del](https://github.com/sindresorhus/del) - Delete files and folders. Cross-platform.
- [make-dir](https://github.com/sindresorhus/make-dir) - Cross-platform `mkdir -p`.
- [readdirp](https://github.com/paulmillr/readdirp) - Recursive version of `fs.readdir()`.
- [cpy](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy) - Copy files. Cross-platform.
- [chokidar](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar) - Improved cross-platform file watching.
- [graceful-fs](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs) - Improves the `fs` module, especially on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [fs-extra](https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra) - Combines `graceful-fs` with better [JSON](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/json) file reading and [promises](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/promises).
- [any-path](https://github.com/bcoe/any-path) - Use [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) and POSIX paths interchangeably when fetching values from an object.
- [dev-null-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/dev-null-cli) - Cross-platform `/dev/null`.
- [global-cache-dir](https://github.com/ehmicky/global-cache-dir) - Get the global OS-specific cache directory.

### Signals

- [fkill](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill) - Kill processes. Cross-platform.
- [signal-exit](https://github.com/tapjs/signal-exit) - Cross-platform `exit` handler.
- [human-signals](https://github.com/ehmicky/human-signals) - Human-friendly process signals.

### Processes

- [ps-list](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ps-list) - Get running processes.
- [process-exists](https://github.com/sindresorhus/process-exists) - Check if a process exists.

### Streams

- [noop-stream](https://github.com/sindresorhus/noop-stream) - Cross-platform `fs.createReadStream('/dev/null')`.
- [random-bytes-readable-stream](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-bytes-readable-stream) - Cross-platform `fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom')`.

### Desktop UI

- [open](https://github.com/sindresorhus/open) - Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.
- [node-notifier](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier) - Cross-platform desktop notifications.

### Windows registry

- [node-winreg](https://github.com/fresc81/node-winreg) - Access the [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) registry.
- [rage-edit](https://github.com/MikeKovarik/rage-edit) - Access/modify the [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) registry.
- [windows-registry-node](https://github.com/CatalystCode/windows-registry-node) - Access/modify the [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) registry and set file associations.

## Known issues

- [cmd.exe [unicode](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/unicode) woes](https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/7940) - By default, `cmd.exe` does not display [Unicode](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/unicode) characters on [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows).
- [spawn issues](https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/2318) - `child_process.spawn()` behavior is not consistent between [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) and [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux).
- [exec() behavior between shells](https://github.com/isaacs/spawn-wrap#contracts-and-caveats) - Depending on the [shell](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/shell) being used, e.g., bash vs. [dash](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/back-end-development/dash), `child_process.exec()` has inconsistent exit behavior.
