# is-windows [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-windows) [](https://npmjs.org/package/is-windows) [](https://npmjs.org/package/is-windows) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/is-windows) > Returns true if the platform is windows. UMD module, works with node.js, commonjs, browser, AMD, electron, etc. Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```sh $ npm install --save is-windows ``` ## Heads up! As of `v0.2.0` this module always returns a function. ## Node.js usage ```js var isWindows = require('is-windows'); console.log(isWindows()); //=> returns true if the platform is windows ``` ## About <details> <summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary> Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). </details> <details> <summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary> Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: ```sh $ npm install && npm test ``` </details> <details> <summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary> _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_ To generate the readme, run the following command: ```sh $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb ``` </details> ### Related projects You might also be interested in these projects: * [is-absolute](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-absolute): Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-absolute) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-absolute "Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module and can be used as a polyfill for node.js native `path.isAbolute`.") * [is-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-glob): Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob "Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a bet") * [is-relative](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-relative): Returns `true` if the path appears to be relative. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-relative "Returns `true` if the path appears to be relative.") * [isobject](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isobject): Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject "Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null.") * [window-size](https://www.npmjs.com/package/window-size): Reliable way to get the height and width of terminal/console, since it's not calculated or… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/window-size) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/window-size "Reliable way to get the height and width of terminal/console, since it's not calculated or updated the same way on all platforms, environments and node.js versions.") ### Contributors | **Commits** | **Contributor** | | --- | --- | | 11 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | | 4 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | | 1 | [SimenB](https://github.com/SimenB) | | 1 | [gucong3000](https://github.com/gucong3000) | ### Author **Jon Schlinkert** * [linkedin/in/jonschlinkert](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert) * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ### License Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). *** _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on February 14, 2018._