diff --git a/src/environment.ts b/src/environment.ts
index 8c283340..7b731f76 100644
--- a/src/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environment.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require('dotenv').config({
 })
 
 import { getWorkspaceRoot } from './services/workspace'
+import * as os from 'os'
 
 // CodeRoad version
 export const VERSION: string = process.env.npm_package_version || 'unknown'
@@ -21,3 +22,7 @@ export const SENTRY_DSN: string | null = process.env.SENTRY_DSN || null
 
 // uri path to the users project workspace
 export const WORKSPACE_ROOT: string = getWorkspaceRoot()
+
+// Possible values are 'aix', 'darwin', 'freebsd', 'linux', 'openbsd', 'sunos', and 'win32'.
+// @ts-ignore
+export const OS_PLATFORM: 'win32' | 'linux' = os.platform()