# ehmicky/cross-platform-node-guide

📗 How to write cross-platform Node.js code

Repository: https://github.com/ehmicky/cross-platform-node-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cross-platform-node-guide
Language: JavaScript
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: windows, unix, linux, macos, portability, cross-platform, os, operating-system, code-quality, nodejs, api, cli, documentation, es6, javascript, security, server, shell, terminal, encoding
Last push: 2025-05-25T23:03:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 23, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2781, "days_push": 465, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1421, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.650324+00:00)

## What it is
A guide (available as docs and an npm package) explaining how to write cross-platform Node.js code that works consistently across Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. It covers filesystem paths, encoding, terminal/shell differences, security, networking, and system APIs.

## Use cases
- write node.js code that works on windows and linux
- avoid cross-platform path issues in node
- handle newline and encoding differences across operating systems
- make a node cli portable across shells
- learn os differences when developing node.js apps

## When to choose
- you are developing a Node.js library or CLI that must run on multiple operating systems
- you are debugging platform-specific bugs like path separators, symlinks, or shell differences
- you want a curated reference of cross-platform pitfalls and best practices

## When to avoid
- you need a tool or library that fixes cross-platform issues automatically rather than documentation
- you are not working with Node.js or JavaScript

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, documentation, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: nodejs, portability, guide, best-practices, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ehmicky/cross-platform-node-guide (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.650324+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:44.992354+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ehmicky/cross-platform-node-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.650324+00:00, sha 19086cb24a1c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-platform-node-guide (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:16.358680+00:00, sha 80c2461d225f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.