active-win 
Get the title / window id / app name / process ID of the active window (macOS, Linux, Windows)
Notice
This package is here for development and testing purposes. Please use the official version.
Install
$ npm install --save active-win
Usage
const activeWin = require('active-win');
activeWin().then(result => {
console.log(result);
/*
{
title: 'npm install',
id: 54,
app: 'Terminal',
pid: 368
}
*/
});API
activeWin()
Returns a Promise for the result Object.
activeWin.sync()
Returns the result Object.
Result
-
title- Window title -
id- Window ID (in macOS and Linux) -
app- App owning the window -
pid- Process ID of the app owning the window
OS support
It works on macOS, Linux, and Windows 7+.
Note: On Windows, there isn't a clear notion of a "Window ID". Instead it returns the memory address of the window "handle" in the id property. That "handle" is unique per window, so it can be used to identify them. Read more….
Related
- active-win-cli - CLI for this module
Maintainers
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus