# homedir-polyfill
> Node.js os.homedir polyfill for older versions of node.js.
Latest version **1.0.3** (published 2019-02-21) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads
## Install
```sh
npm install homedir-polyfill
pnpm add homedir-polyfill
yarn add homedir-polyfill
bun add homedir-polyfill
```
## Health
**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.
Positive: no vulnerabilities.
Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.
Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.
## Facts
| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 |
| Published | 2019-02-21 |
| First published | 2016-10-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=0.10.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 7.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 7 |
| Author | Brian Woodward |
| Maintainers | doowb |
| Keywords | home, homedir, homedirectory, os, os-homedir, polyfill, userhome |
## Links
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homedir-polyfill
- Repository: https://github.com/doowb/homedir-polyfill
- Issues: https://github.com/doowb/homedir-polyfill/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/homedir-polyfill
## Dependencies (1)
- [parse-passwd](https://npm.io/package/parse-passwd.md) ^1.0.0
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## Recent versions
- 1.0.3 (latest) — 2019-02-21
- 1.0.2 — 2019-02-21
- 1.0.1 — 2016-12-01
- 1.0.0 — 2016-10-19
## README
# homedir-polyfill [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homedir-polyfill) [](https://npmjs.org/package/homedir-polyfill) [](https://npmjs.org/package/homedir-polyfill) [](https://travis-ci.org/doowb/homedir-polyfill) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/doowb/homedir-polyfill)
> Node.js os.homedir polyfill for older versions of node.js.
Please consider following this project's author, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save homedir-polyfill
```
## Usage
```js
var homedir = require('homedir-polyfill');
console.log(homedir());
//=> /Users/doowb
```
## Reasoning
This library is a polyfill for the [node.js os.homedir](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) method found in modern versions of node.js.
This implementation tries to follow the implementation found in `libuv` by finding the current user using the `process.geteuid()` method and the `/etc/passwd` file. This should usually work in a linux environment, but will also fallback to looking at user specific environment variables to build the user's home directory if neccessary.
Since `/etc/passwd` is not available on windows platforms, this implementation will use environment variables to find the home directory.
In modern versions of node.js, [os.homedir](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) is used.
## About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
Please read the [contributing guide](contributing.md) for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.
Running Tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
Building docs
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
[parse-passwd](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-passwd): Parse a passwd file into a list of users. | [homepage](https://github.com/doowb/parse-passwd "Parse a passwd file into a list of users.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 19 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
| 2 | [martinheidegger](https://github.com/martinheidegger) |
### Author
**Brian Woodward**
* [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/doowb)
* [Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/doowb)
* [LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/in/woodwardbrian)
### License
Copyright © 2016 - 2019, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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