# os-homedir [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/os-homedir) > Node.js 4 [`os.homedir()`](https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#os_os_homedir) [ponyfill](https://ponyfill.com) ## Install ``` $ npm install --save os-homedir ``` ## Usage ```js const osHomedir = require('os-homedir'); console.log(osHomedir()); //=> '/Users/sindresorhus' ``` ## Related - [user-home](https://github.com/sindresorhus/user-home) - Same as this module but caches the result - [home-or-tmp](https://github.com/sindresorhus/home-or-tmp) - Get the user home directory with fallback to the system temp directory ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)