How to get OS information using Python

Note

This guide is written for Python 3

Get what OS you are running

You can get which OS you are running using os module or platform

>>> import os
>>> print(os.name)
nt
>>> import platform
>>> platform.system()
'Windows'
>>> platform.release()
'10'
>>> platform.version()
'10.0.17134'

The name of the operating system dependent module imported. The output of os.name is as follows:

• posix
• nt
• java

While the output of platform.system() is as follows:

• Linux: Linux
• Mac: Darwin
• Windows: Windows

If you want user readable data but still detailed, you can use platform.platform()

>>> import platform
>>> platform.platform()
'Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0'