get-windows
Get metadata about the active window and open windows (title, id, bounds, owner, etc)
by sindresorhusJavaScript
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##This package is trying to import unrelated packages. I am getting this error in my terminal: This is a vite electron template with only this package installed. Here is the code: Why is this package trying to import those unrelated packages?
Everything I try returns I'm on Windows 11 and node v24.12.0
I’m experiencing high battery usage on macOS 15+ when retrieving window information at regular intervals. In Activity Monitor, I see multiple main threads, which might be causing the issue. Has anyone else encountered this? If so, did you find a workaround or solution? Thanks!
Recent fixes
Issue : On longer running process for getting the windows specifically for Windows 10 . I haven't tried on other systems, but it was filling up the kernel object storage leaving the logs writers behind which it leads to crashing with an error unhandled and error. Fix : closing out has fixed the unhandled processes window, which clears up the storage a the kernel object storage.
When running the method, any fullscreen windows are excluded from the returned list.
Fix for the the issue #161 Cause Fullscreen apps often do not have a caption/title bar () and are implemented as popup windows (). The old filter dropped these windows from results even though they are valid top-level visible windows. What changed now includes fullscreen apps that were previously missing, while preserving existing filters for tool windows and child windows. Updated in main.cc. Added style checks: Replaced the strict caption requirement with:
Repository: sindresorhus/get-windows. Description: Get metadata about the active window and open windows (title, id, bounds, owner, etc) Stars: 922, Forks: 195. Primary language: JavaScript. Languages: JavaScript (44.6%), C++ (28.6%), Swift (19.3%), TypeScript (4.6%), Python (2.9%). License: MIT. Topics: active-window, javascript, node-module, nodejs, npm-package. Latest release: v9.3.0 (7mo ago). Open PRs: 0, open issues: 44. Last activity: 7mo ago. Community health: 71%. Top contributors: sindresorhus, keheliya, wrgoto, miniben-90, tiangolo, kentbetita, albinekb, ahallicks, ambarvm, binyamin and others.