awesome-cross-platform-nodejs

A curated list of awesome developer tools for writing cross-platform Node.js code

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Core Node.js documentation			Especially the , , , and modules
Cross-platform Node.js guide	1,395	21 days ago	How to write cross-platform Node.js code
Microsoft Node.js Guidelines	2,494	over 1 year ago	Tips, tricks, and resources for working with Node.js on Microsoft platforms
Writing Cross-Platform Node.js			Great tutorial covering many common issues that arise when writing cross-platform code: path creation, script execution, newline characters
Cross-platform terminal characters	216	21 days ago	All the characters that work on most terminals and most operating systems
Applications / Development environment
Node.js			Node.js installer for various platforms
nvm-windows	37,240	13 days ago	Manage multiple installations of Node.js on a Windows computer
nvm	79,271	27 days ago	/ - Node version manager for macOS/Linux
npm-windows-upgrade	2,531	over 3 years ago	Upgrade npm on Windows
windows-build-tools	3,400	over 3 years ago	Install C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm
Applications / Continuous integration
AppVeyor			Focused on Windows. Free tiers are available for OSS projects
Travis			Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects
Azure Pipelines			Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects with 10 parallel jobs
Github Action			Windows/macOS/Linux. GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows
Gitlab CI			Windows/macOS/Linux. GitLab CI/CD is a tool built into GitLab for software development
Applications / Virtualization
ievms	69	about 6 years ago	Automated installer for the free virtual machine images that Microsoft provides for testing on multiple versions of IE. These images can be useful for cross-platform testing various technologies, however make sure you read and understand Microsofts' licensing
VirtualBox			General purpose software for running x86 virtual machines
Docker			Software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application containers on a common operating system, with an ecosystem of allied tools
Applications / Compatibility
Wine			Run Windows API calls on Linux, Mac, BSD and Solaris
Cygwin			Run POSIX on Windows
WSL			Run the Linux command line on Windows (ELF binary execution, system calls, filesystem, Bash, core utilities, common applications)
MinGW			on Windows
msys			/ - Bash on Windows
Applications / Databases
Redis	8,943	over 1 year ago	Native port of Redis for Windows
Libraries / OS identification
is-windows	49	over 5 years ago	Detect whether the current platform is Windows
is-wsl	189	about 1 year ago	Detect whether current platform is WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
getos	78	over 1 year ago	Retrieve the current OS, including Linux distribution
os-name	142	4 months ago	Get the name of the current operating system
systeminformation	2,695	about 1 month ago	Hardware/software system information
Libraries / Shell
execa	6,789	18 days ago	Cross-platform implementation of
gulp-execa	56	21 days ago	Cross-platform command execution in Gulp.js
cross-spawn	1,088	5 months ago	Cross-platform implementation of
shelljs	14,259	about 2 months ago	Cross-platform Unix shell commands
node-windows	2,811	4 days ago	Windows support for Node.js scripts (daemons, eventlog, UAC, etc)
log-symbols	743	about 2 months ago	Colored symbols for various log levels with Windows fallbacks
figures	593	5 months ago	Unicode symbols with Windows fallbacks
clipboardy	1,771	12 months ago	/ - Cross-platform copy/paste
Libraries / Environment
cross-env	6,318	over 3 years ago	Set environment variables cross-platform
user-home	161	over 3 years ago	Get the path to the user home directory. Cross-platform
username	141	11 months ago	Get the current username
osenv	137	almost 4 years ago	Cross-platform environment variables
is-elevated	41	about 3 years ago	Check if the process is running with elevated privileges
which	327	4 days ago	Cross-platform implementation of Unix's
Libraries / Filesystem
rimraf	5,634	2 months ago	/ - Delete files and folders. Cross-platform
make-dir	474	5 months ago	Cross-platform
readdirp	381	4 days ago	Recursive version of
cpy	427	2 months ago	Copy files. Cross-platform
chokidar	10,932	4 days ago	Improved cross-platform file watching
graceful-fs	1,270	2 months ago	Improves the module, especially on Windows
fs-extra	9,447	7 months ago	Combines with better JSON file reading and promises
any-path	4	almost 9 years ago	Use Windows and POSIX paths interchangeably when fetching values from an object
dev-null-cli	92	almost 3 years ago	Cross-platform
global-cache-dir	6	21 days ago	Get the global OS-specific cache directory
Libraries / Signals
fkill	725	11 months ago	Kill processes. Cross-platform
signal-exit	187	12 months ago	Cross-platform handler
human-signals	278	21 days ago	Human-friendly process signals
Libraries / Processes
ps-list	270	almost 2 years ago	Get running processes
process-exists	58	almost 3 years ago	Check if a process exists
Libraries / Streams
noop-stream	52	over 1 year ago	Cross-platform
random-bytes-readable-stream	76	about 3 years ago	Cross-platform
Libraries / Desktop UI
open	3,182	5 months ago	Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform
node-notifier	5,737	3 months ago	Cross-platform desktop notifications
Libraries / Windows registry
node-winreg	212	6 months ago	Access the Windows registry
rage-edit	52	about 3 years ago	Access/modify the Windows registry
windows-registry-node	115	almost 5 years ago	Access/modify the Windows registry and set file associations
Known issues
cmd.exe unicode woes	34,434	about 2 months ago	By default, does not display Unicode characters on Windows
spawn issues	34,434	about 2 months ago	behavior is not consistent between Windows and Linux
exec() behavior between shells	36	12 months ago	Depending on the shell being used, e.g., bash vs. dash, has inconsistent exit behavior
See also
awesome-desktop-js	807	almost 2 years ago	List of tools to build JavaScript applications on the desktop
Contributing
Benjamin E. Coe
ehmicky
Sindre Sorhus
Hongarc
Kent C. Dodds
Jason Cooke
Aron Hafner
ShPelles
Xiaodan Mao
James Talmage
Sylvain PONTOREAU
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Applications / Development environment

Applications / Continuous integration

Applications / Virtualization

Applications / Compatibility

Applications / Databases

Libraries / OS identification

Libraries / Shell

Libraries / Environment

Libraries / Filesystem

Libraries / Signals

Libraries / Processes

Libraries / Streams

Libraries / Desktop UI

Libraries / Windows registry

Known issues

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