winvers

Definitive Windows version checker for Python

This module provides

• A list of Windows versions constants (comparable between them)
• A function to get the Windows OS version running on the machine

Compatibility

• Python 2.7.x
• Python 3.x and newer

Constants list

NO_WIN
WIN_10_19H2
WIN_10_19H1
WIN_10_1809
WIN_10_1803
WIN_10_1709
WIN_10_1703
WIN_10_1607
WIN_10_1511
WIN_10_1507
WIN_10
WIN_8_1
WIN_8
WIN_7_SP1
WIN_7
WIN_VISTA_SP1
WIN_VISTA
WIN_XP_X64_SP2
WIN_XP_X64_SP1
WIN_XP_X64
WIN_XP_SP3
WIN_XP_SP2
WIN_XP_SP1
WIN_XP
WIN_2000
WIN_SERVER_2016_1709
WIN_SERVER_2016_1607
WIN_SERVER_2016
WIN_SERVER_2012_R2
WIN_SERVER_2012
WIN_SERVER_2008_R2
WIN_SERVER_2008
WIN_SERVER_2003_SP2
WIN_SERVER_2003_SP1
WIN_SERVER_2003

Example

import winvers

if winvers.get_version() >= winvers.WIN_VISTA:
    print('Your OS is newer than Windows XP')

if winvers.get_version() >= winvers.WIN_10:
    print('Your OS is Windows 10')

Sources

• https://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.getwindowsversion
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.getwindowsversion
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows\_10\_version\_history
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows\_Server\_2016#Version\_history
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724832(v=vs.85).aspx