# @expo/osascript

> Tools for running an osascripts in Node

Latest version **2.7.1** (published 2026-07-15) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @expo/osascript
pnpm add @expo/osascript
yarn add @expo/osascript
bun add @expo/osascript
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.7.1 |
| Published | 2026-07-15 |
| First published | 2017-06-02 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=12 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 15.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52254 |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, wschurman |
| Keywords | osascript, mac, osx, spawn, exec |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@expo/osascript
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/main/packages/@expo/osascript#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@expo/osascript

## Dependencies (1)

- [@expo/spawn-async](https://npm.io/package/@expo/spawn-async.md) ^1.8.0

## Recent versions

- 2.7.1 (latest) — 2026-07-15
- 2.8.0 (next) — 2026-09-10
- 2.7.2-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 2.6.1-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 2.4.4 (sdk-55) — 2026-05-21
- 2.4.3-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 2.1.2 (sdk-51) — 2024-04-23
- 2.1.0 (sdk-50) — 2023-12-12
- 2.7.2-canary-20260902-26df09e — 2026-09-02
- 2.7.2-canary-20260812-27f94d4 — 2026-08-12
- 2.7.2-canary-20260806-8c2d007 — 2026-08-06
- 2.6.1-canary-20260723-64edab9 — 2026-07-23
- 2.6.1-canary-20260720-b6d63bc — 2026-07-20
- 2.6.1-canary-20260718-7cbcda5 — 2026-07-18
- 2.6.1-canary-20260716-381e806 — 2026-07-16
- … 199 more at https://npm.io/package/@expo/osascript/versions

## README

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👋 Welcome to <br><code>@expo/osascript</code>
</h1>

<p align="center">Tools for running osascripts in Node.</p>

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## Example

```sh
  ccheever@Charless-MacBook-Air:~/projects/osascript$nesh -y
  .Node v4.1.0
  Type .help for more information
  nesh*> .require .
  osascript = require("/Users/ccheever/projects/osascript")
  nesh*> yield osascript.execAsync('tell app "System Events" to count processes whose name is "Simulator"')
  '1\n'
  nesh*> yield osascript.spawnAsync('quit app "Safari"')
  0
  nesh*>
```

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