# mountutils > Cross platform mount related utilities Latest version **2.0.8** (published 2026-08-25) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install mountutils pnpm add mountutils yarn add mountutils bun add mountutils ``` ## Health **Score 50/100 (C)** — status: active. Positive: no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score. Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support. Negative: declining downloads. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 2.0.8 | | Published | 2026-08-25 | | First published | 2017-03-23 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | Apache-2.0 | | TypeScript types | none | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >18 <=24 | | Dependencies | 4 | | Unpacked size | 90.9 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | yes | | Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) | | GitHub stars | 7 | | Author | Juan Cruz Viotti | | Maintainers | balena.io | | Keywords | mount, utils, unmount, unmounDisk, cross, platform | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mountutils - Repository: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils - Issues: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/mountutils ## Dependencies (4) - [nan](https://npm.io/package/nan.md) ^2.22.0 - [bindings](https://npm.io/package/bindings.md) ^1.3.0 - [prebuildify](https://npm.io/package/prebuildify.md) ^6.0.1 - [node-gyp-build](https://npm.io/package/node-gyp-build.md) ^4.8.4 ## Alternatives - [mobx-react](https://npm.io/package/mobx-react.md) — 2.8M weekly downloads - [rc-tree](https://npm.io/package/rc-tree.md) — 2.6M weekly downloads - [@react-oauth/google](https://npm.io/package/@react-oauth/google.md) — 1.3M weekly downloads - [@wagmi/connectors](https://npm.io/package/@wagmi/connectors.md) — 877.0K weekly downloads - [vee-validate](https://npm.io/package/vee-validate.md) — 836.4K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 2.0.8 (latest) — 2026-08-25 - 2.0.9-build-renovate-mocha-12-x-5fb35ce9cf6f2ebf367c142ae5601a1702554581-1 (build-renovate-mocha-12-x) — 2026-09-12 - 2.0.9-build-renovate-major-10-eslint-monorepo-700488a667d2983a00ba3bdef512a1fc41ad89d7-1 (build-renovate-major-10-eslint-monorepo) — 2026-09-07 - 2.0.9-build-renovate-cpplint-2-x-bc14bf164b643cd02d7612106f3a9931985e6926-1 (build-renovate-cpplint-2-x) — 2026-08-25 - 2.0.8-build-renovate-flowzonify-0-x-f504790f1ffccbf65d6d660ca33a8e0fc48ba86f-1 (build-renovate-flowzonify-0-x) — 2026-08-25 - 2.0.7-build-renovate-mocha-11-x-09ea373fac9cbce4a6a642e7d9a1157ac75985c4-1 (build-renovate-mocha-11-x) — 2026-08-08 - 2.0.6-build-renovate-patch-eslint-monorepo-4945c8fa7adc4b037d13cabc4665d14b196f6015-1 (build-renovate-patch-eslint-monorepo) — 2026-07-18 - 2.0.5-build-renovate-mocha-11-7-x-a8cd7d398f49da0b34ab7bb5a220012831a9cb0f-1 (build-renovate-mocha-11-7-x) — 2026-07-04 - 2.0.4-build-renovate-chai-6-x-82476c8e564f94403c9fa0d7343f301e43179893-1 (build-renovate-chai-6-x) — 2026-05-16 - 2.0.3-build-renovate-pin-dependencies-8a1bd333bb53689de4c34bf063937b1af9a413af-1 (build-renovate-pin-dependencies) — 2026-05-16 - 2.0.3-build-renovate-major-6-chai-ee2771710310b29d1429cda388f50c4358c95108-1 (build-renovate-major-6-chai) — 2026-02-19 - 2.0.3-build-renovate-major-10-eslint-d79b2ff58fce9043bea6338418c6f89eb1d18a0e-1 (build-renovate-major-10-eslint) — 2026-02-19 - 2.0.2-build-add-npm-oidc-permissions-1bceab884b4c4cde3a264387002acec68917efcc-1 (build-add-npm-oidc-permissions) — 2026-02-19 - 2.0.1-build-renovate-cpplint-1-x-eea69b778bdaa3c0d224392dd0f8705fb480d7e1-1 (build-renovate-cpplint-1-x) — 2025-05-29 - 2.0.0-build-aethernet-node22-8bd3e50e2fafccb224b408879c70db3c0c0ba92d-1 (build-aethernet-node22) — 2025-05-29 - … 93 more at https://npm.io/package/mountutils/versions ## README # mountutils [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/mountutils.svg?style=flat-square)](https://npmjs.com/package/mountutils) [![npm license](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/mountutils.svg?style=flat-square)](https://npmjs.com/package/mountutils) [![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/mountutils.svg?style=flat-square)](https://npmjs.com/package/mountutils) > Cross platform mount related utilities ## Installation Install `mountutils` by running: ```sh $ npm install --save mountutils ``` ## Prebuild This project contains cross-platform prebuild ## Debug mode You can enable debug mode by setting the `MOUNTUTILS_DEBUG` environment variable. ## Documentation ### mountutils.unmountDisk(device, callback) **Kind**: static method of [mountutils](#module_mountutils) **Summary**: Unmount a whole disk **Access**: public | Param | Type | Description | | -------- | --------------------- | ---------------- | | device | String | device | | callback | function | callback (error) | **Example** ```js // macOS const drive = "/dev/disk2"; // GNU/Linux const drive = "/dev/sdb"; // Windows const drive = "\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE2"; mountutils.unmountDisk(drive, (error) => { if (error) { throw error; } console.log("Done!"); }); ``` ## Support If you're having any problem, please [raise an issue][newissue] on GitHub and the balena.io team will be happy to help. ## Tests Run the test suite by doing: ```sh $ npm test ``` ## Troubleshooting ### `error C2373: '__pfnDliNotifyHook2': redefinition` This error indicates that the version of npm you're running is too old. Upgrade by running: ```sh npm install -g npm@latest ``` See the [following `node-gyp` issue](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/972) for more details. ### ```ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'` Your version of python is too recent for node-gyp to work; Use a version <= 3.11 and it should work. ## Contribute - Issue Tracker: [github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils/issues][issues] - Source Code: [github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils][source] ### Dependencies - [cpplint][cpplint] Before submitting a PR, please make sure that you include tests, and that linters run without any warning: ```sh $ npm run lint ``` ## License The project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. [issues]: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils/issues [newissue]: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils/issues/new [source]: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/mountutils [cpplint]: https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/mountutils · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._