Node.js - Cross-Platform

Especially the os, path, fs, process and child_process modules.

How to write cross-platform Node.js code.

Tips, tricks, and resources for working with Node.js on Microsoft platforms.

Great tutorial covering many common issues that arise when writing cross-platform code: path creation, script execution, newline characters.

All the characters that work on most terminals and most operating systems.

Node.js installer for various platforms.

Manage multiple installations of Node.js on a Windows computer.

/ n - Node version manager for macOS/Linux.

Upgrade npm on Windows.

Install C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm.

Focused on Windows. Free tiers are available for OSS projects.

Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects.

Windows/macOS/Linux. Free for OSS projects with 10 parallel jobs.

Windows/macOS/Linux. GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows.

Windows/macOS/Linux. GitLab CI/CD is a tool built into GitLab for software development.

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.

General purpose software for running x86 virtual machines.

Software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application containers on a common operating system, with an ecosystem of allied tools.

Run Windows API calls on Linux, Mac, BSD and Solaris.

Run POSIX on Windows.

Run the Linux command line on Windows (ELF binary execution, system calls, filesystem, Bash, core utilities, common applications).

gcc on Windows.

/ Git Bash - Bash on Windows.

Native port of Redis for Windows.

Detect whether the current platform is Windows.

Detect whether current platform is WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Retrieve the current OS, including Linux distribution.

Get the name of the current operating system.

Hardware/software system information.

Cross-platform implementation of child_process.{execFile,exec}.

Cross-platform command execution in Gulp.js.

Cross-platform implementation of child_process.spawn().

Cross-platform Unix shell commands.

Windows support for Node.js scripts (daemons, eventlog, UAC, etc).

Colored symbols for various log levels with Windows fallbacks.

Unicode symbols with Windows fallbacks.

/ clipboard-cli - Cross-platform copy/paste.

Set environment variables cross-platform.

Get the path to the user home directory. Cross-platform.

Get the current username.

Cross-platform environment variables.

Check if the process is running with elevated privileges.

Cross-platform implementation of Unix's which.

/ del - Delete files and folders. Cross-platform.

Cross-platform mkdir -p.

Recursive version of fs.readdir().

Copy files. Cross-platform.

Improved cross-platform file watching.

Improves the fs module, especially on Windows.

Combines graceful-fs with better JSON file reading and promises.

Use Windows and POSIX paths interchangeably when fetching values from an object.

Cross-platform /dev/null.

Get the global OS-specific cache directory.

Kill processes. Cross-platform.

Cross-platform exit handler.

Human-friendly process signals.

Get running processes.

Check if a process exists.

Cross-platform fs.createReadStream('/dev/null').

Cross-platform fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom').

Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.

Cross-platform desktop notifications.

Access the Windows registry.

Access/modify the Windows registry.

Access/modify the Windows registry and set file associations.

By default, cmd.exe does not display Unicode characters on Windows.

child_process.spawn() behavior is not consistent between Windows and Linux.

Depending on the shell being used, e.g., bash vs. dash, child_process.exec() has inconsistent exit behavior.

List of tools to build JavaScript applications on the desktop.