OS Information

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API Reference

Read information about the operating system using the OS Information plugin.

Supported Platforms

This plugin requires a Rust version of at least 1.77.2

Platform	Level	Notes
windows
linux
macos
android
ios

Setup

Install the OS Information plugin to get started.

Automatic

Use your project’s package manager to add the dependency:

npm

npm run tauri add os

yarn

yarn run tauri add os

pnpm

pnpm tauri add os

deno

deno task tauri add os

bun

bun tauri add os

cargo

cargo tauri add os

Manual

1. Run the following command in the src-tauri folder to add the plugin to the project’s dependencies in Cargo.toml:

   cargo add tauri-plugin-os

2. Modify lib.rs to initialize the plugin:

   src-tauri/src/lib.rs

   #[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
   pub fn run() {
       tauri::Builder::default()
           .plugin(tauri_plugin_os::init())
           .run(tauri::generate_context!())
           .expect("error while running tauri application");
   }

3. If you’d like to use in JavaScript then install the npm package as well:

   npm

   npm install @tauri-apps/plugin-os

   yarn

   yarn add @tauri-apps/plugin-os

   pnpm

   pnpm add @tauri-apps/plugin-os

   deno

   deno add npm:@tauri-apps/plugin-os

   bun

   bun add @tauri-apps/plugin-os

Usage

With this plugin you can query multiple information from current operational system. See all available functions in the JavaScript API or Rust API references.

Example: OS Platform

platform returns a string describing the specific operating system in use. The value is set at compile time. Possible values are linux, macos, ios, freebsd, dragonfly, netbsd, openbsd, solaris, android, windows.

JavaScript

import { platform } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os';
// when using `"withGlobalTauri": true`, you may use
// const { platform } = window.__TAURI__.os;

const currentPlatform = platform();
console.log(currentPlatform);
// Prints "windows" to the console

Rust

let platform = tauri_plugin_os::platform();
println!("Platform: {}", platform);
// Prints "windows" to the terminal

Permissions

By default all potentially dangerous plugin commands and scopes are blocked and cannot be accessed. You must modify the permissions in your capabilities configuration to enable these.

See the Capabilities Overview for more information and the step by step guide to use plugin permissions.

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

{
  "permissions": [
    ...,
    "os:default"
  ]
}

Default Permission

This permission set configures which operating system information are available to gather from the frontend.

Granted Permissions

All information except the host name are available.

• allow-arch
• allow-exe-extension
• allow-family
• allow-locale
• allow-os-type
• allow-platform
• allow-version

Permission Table

Identifier	Description
os:allow-arch	Enables the arch command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-arch	Denies the arch command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-exe-extension	Enables the exe_extension command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-exe-extension	Denies the exe_extension command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-family	Enables the family command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-family	Denies the family command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-hostname	Enables the hostname command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-hostname	Denies the hostname command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-locale	Enables the locale command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-locale	Denies the locale command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-os-type	Enables the os_type command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-os-type	Denies the os_type command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-platform	Enables the platform command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-platform	Denies the platform command without any pre-configured scope.
os:allow-version	Enables the version command without any pre-configured scope.
os:deny-version	Denies the version command without any pre-configured scope.