distrodetector

Detects which Linux distro or BSD a system is running.

The distro utility and the distrodetector package has no external dependencies.

Installation of the distro utility

The distro utility can be used as a drop-in replacement for the distro command that comes with python-distro.

Installation of the development version of the distro utility:

go get -u github.com/xyproto/distrodetector/cmd/distro

Example use:

distro

Use of the Go package

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/xyproto/distrodetector"
)

func main() {
	distro := distrodetector.New()
	fmt.Println(distro.Name())
}

Example output

The parts can be retrieved separately with .Platform(), .Name(), .Codename() and .Version(). A combined string can be returned with the .String() function:

Linux (Arch Linux)
Linux (Ubuntu Bionic 18.04)
macOS (High Sierra 10.13.3)
Linux (Void Linux)

Features and limitations

This package only aims to be able to detect the following:

• The 100 most popular Linux distros and BSDs, according to distrowatch.
• macOS with Homebrew.

Pull requests for additional systems are welcome!

Testing

• More testing is always needed when detecting Linux distros and BSDs.
• Please test the distro detection on your distro/BSD and submit an issue or pull request if it should fail.

General Info

• License: MIT
• Version: 1.1.1
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <[email protected]>