# macos-release > Get the name and version of a macOS release from the Darwin version\ > Example: `13.2.0` → `{name: 'Mavericks', version: '10.9'}` ## Install ``` $ npm install macos-release ``` ## Usage ```js const os = require('os'); const macosRelease = require('macos-release'); // On a macOS Sierra system macosRelease(); //=> {name: 'Sierra', version: '10.12'} os.release(); //=> 13.2.0 // This is the Darwin kernel version macosRelease(os.release()); //=> {name: 'Sierra', version: '10.12'} macosRelease('14.0.0'); //=> {name: 'Yosemite', version: '10.10'} macosRelease('20.0.0'); //=> {name: 'Big Sur', version: '11'} ``` ## API ### macosRelease(release?) #### release Type: `string` By default, the current operating system is used, but you can supply a custom [Darwin kernel version](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29#Release_history), which is the output of [`os.release()`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_release). ## Related - [os-name](https://github.com/sindresorhus/os-name) - Get the name of the current operating system. Example: `macOS Sierra` - [macos-version](https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-version) - Get the macOS version of the current system. Example: `10.9.3` - [win-release](https://github.com/sindresorhus/win-release) - Get the name of a Windows version from the release number: `5.1.2600` → `XP` ---
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