all-windows

Get metadata about all windows (title, id, bounds, owner, URL, etc)

Works on macOS.

Users on macOS 10.13 or earlier needs to download the Swift runtime support libraries.

Install

$ npm install all-windows

Usage

const allWindows = require('all-windows');
 
(async () => {
    console.log(await allWindows());
    /*
    [
        {
            title: 'Unicorns - Google Search',
            id: 5762,
            bounds: {
                x: 0,
                y: 0,
                height: 900,
                width: 1440
            },
            owner: {
                name: 'Google Chrome',
                processId: 310,
                bundleId: 'com.google.Chrome',
                path: '/Applications/Google Chrome.app'
            },
            url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=unicorn',
            memoryUsage: 11015432
        }
    ]
    */
})();

API

allWindows()

Returns a Promise<Object> with the result, or Promise<undefined> if there are no windows or if the information is not available.

allWindows.sync()

Returns an Object with the result, or undefined if there are no windows.

Result

An array of the following object structure:

• platform (string) - 'macos'
• title (string) - Window title
• id (number) - Window identifier
• bounds (Object) - Window position and size
  • x (number)
  • y (number)
  • width (number)
  • height (number)
• owner (Object) - App that owns the window
  • name (string) - Name of the app
  • processId (number) - Process identifier
  • bundleId (string) - Bundle identifier (macOS only)
  • path (string) - Path to the app
• url (string?) - URL of the active browser tab if the window is Safari, Chrome, Edge, or Brave (macOS only)
• memoryUsage (number) - Memory usage by the window owner process

OS support

It works on macOS.

Thanks sindresorhus for the base implementation