# home-or-tmp [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/home-or-tmp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/home-or-tmp) > Get the user home directory with fallback to the system temp directory Useful in cases where the home directory either isn't set or doesn't exist. ## Install ``` $ npm install --save home-or-tmp ``` ## Usage ```js var homeOrTmp = require('home-or-tmp'); console.log(homeOrTmp); //=> '/Users/sindresorhus' // and if there's no home directory: console.log(homeOrTmp); //=> '/var/folders/m3/5574nnhn0yj488ccryqr7tc80000gn/T' ``` ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)