drive-tools

drive-tools is a Node.js package for listing drives and getting system path (Desktop, Downloads, and etc).

Current version supports MacOS and Windows;

Install

npm install drive-tools

Usage

const driveTools = require('drive-tools')

console.log(driveTools.systemPath("desktop"));
// Available: home, desktop, pictures, downloads, music, movies, documents

console.log(driveTools.driveList());

Testing

Run the test suite:

npm test

For detailed output and debugging:

npm run test:sandbox

driveTools.driveList

The return value is an Array, looks like:

[
  { name: '/', desc: 'Internal', external: false },
  { name: '/System/Volumes/Data', desc: 'Internal', external: false },
,
  { name: '/Volumes/USB-Drive', desc: 'External', external: true }
]

Only for Windows, It's able to specity drive type.

0 = Unknown
1 = No Root Directory
2 = Removable Disk
3 = Local Disk
4 = Network Drive
5 = Compact Disc
6 = RAM Disk

For example, if you want to list up only CD-ROM drive:

console.log(driveTools.driveList(5));

[ 
  { name: 'Name', desc: 'Description', external: false },
  { name: 'D:', desc: 'CD-ROM Disc', external: true } 
]

Windows PowerShell Support

On Windows, this package now uses PowerShell by default for better compatibility and performance. If PowerShell is not available or fails, it automatically falls back to the legacy wmic method.

You can also force the use of wmic by passing true as the third parameter:

// Force use of wmic (legacy method)
console.log(driveTools.driveList(undefined, undefined, true));

Required

Please install encoding-japanese. npm install encoding-japanese

Repository Migration Notice

This package has been migrated to GitHub. The npm package will continue to work as before, but the source code is now available at: https://github.com/Luftchen/drive-tools

Support

Zelda, inc : https://zeldainc.com/
Author : Hiroki Tanaka (@Luftchen)
X : https://x.com/hrktnk

History

2020-06-19(0.0.1): created beta version
2020-06-19(0.0.11): bug fix
2020-06-24(0.0.12): added driveTools.systemPath("home")
2020-06-25(0.0.14): bug fix
2020-07-01(0.0.15): bug fix
2020-07-12(0.0.16): added drive type paramater for driveList() (only for windows)
2020-07-12(0.0.17): bug fix
2020-07-29(0.0.18): added MediaType only for Mac
2021-05-10(0.0.19): bug fix
2021-06-03(0.0.20): bug fix
2025-06-24(0.0.21): migrated repository to GitHub, added proper package.json metadata
2025-06-24(0.0.22): added PowerShell support for Windows with wmic fallback, added use_wmic flag
2025-06-27(0.0.23, 0.0.24): bug fix