Node/Electron module to detect idle desktop users (OSX, Windows and Linux).

Stable | Actively maintained | Pull Requests Welcome

Forked and inspired from node-system-idle-time

npm install --save desktop-idle # or yarn yarn add desktop-idle 

• Windows: GetLastInputInfo, see src/win/idle.cc.
• Mac(OSX): CoreGraphics Event Source, see src/mac/idle.cc.
• Linux: X Screensaver, see src/linux/idle.cc.

var desktopIdle = require('desktop-idle'); console.log(desktopIdle.getIdleTime()); 

X server development package and pkg-config are required:

apt install libxss-dev pkg-config

yarn test 

MIT - Bithavoc<im@bithavoc.io>