How to detect my browser version and operating system using JavaScript

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I have tried using the code below but it only display results in Chrome and Mozilla not working in IE6     lt div id  example  gt  lt  div gt    lt script type  text javascript  gt   txt     lt p gt Browser CodeName      navigator appCodeName     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Browser Name      navigator appName     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Browser Version      navigator appVersion     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Cookies Enabled      navigator cookieEnabled     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Platform      navigator platform     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt User-agent header      navigator userAgent     lt  p gt     document getElementById  example   innerHTML txt    lt  script gt    Output   Browser CodeName  Mozilla  Browser Name  Netscape  Browser Version  5 0  Windows   Cookies Enabled  true  Platform  Win32  User-agent header  Mozilla 5 0  Windows NT 5 1  rv 12 0  Gecko 20100101 Firefox 12 0   I need to get the version  Firefox 12 0  only

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I m sad to say  We are sh t out of luck on this one   I d like to refer you to the author of WhichBrowser  Everybody lies   Basically  no browser is being honest  No matter if you use Chrome or IE  they both will tell you that they are  Mozilla Netscape  with Gecko and Safari support  Try it yourself on any of the fiddles flying around in this thread   hims056 s fiddle  Hariharan s fiddle  or any other    Try it with Chrome  which might still succeed   then try it with a recent version of IE  and you will cry  Of course  there are heuristics  to get it all right  but it will be tedious to grasp all the edge cases  and they will very likely not work anymore in a year s time   Take your code  for example    lt div id  example  gt  lt  div gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt  txt     lt p gt Browser CodeName      navigator appCodeName     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Browser Name      navigator appName     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Browser Version      navigator appVersion     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Cookies Enabled      navigator cookieEnabled     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt Platform      navigator platform     lt  p gt    txt     lt p gt User-agent header      navigator userAgent     lt  p gt    document getElementById  example   innerHTML txt   lt  script gt    Chrome says      Browser CodeName  Mozilla      Browser Name  Netscape      Browser Version  5 0  Windows NT 6 1  WOW64  AppleWebKit 537 36    KHTML  like Gecko  Chrome 40 0 2214 115 Safari 537 36      Cookies Enabled  true      Platform  Win32      User-agent header  Mozilla 5 0  Windows NT 6 1  WOW64    AppleWebKit 537 36  KHTML  like Gecko  Chrome 40 0 2214 115   Safari 537 36   IE says      Browser CodeName  Mozilla      Browser Name  Netscape      Browser Version  5 0  Windows NT 6 1  WOW64  Trident 7 0  SLCC2   NET   CLR 2 0 50727   NET CLR 3 5 30729   NET CLR 3 0 30729  Media Center PC   6 0   NET4 0C   NET4 0E  InfoPath 3  rv 11 0  like Gecko      Cookies Enabled  true      Platform  Win32      User-agent header  Mozilla 5 0  Windows NT 6 1  WOW64  Trident 7 0    SLCC2   NET CLR 2 0 50727   NET CLR 3 5 30729   NET CLR 3 0 30729    Media Center PC 6 0   NET4 0C   NET4 0E  InfoPath 3  rv 11 0  like   Gecko   At least Chrome still has a string that contains  Chrome  with the exact version number  But  for IE you must extrapolate from the things it supports to actually figure it out  who else would boast that they support  NET or Media Center  P   and then match it against the rv  at the very end to get the version number  Of course  even such sophisticated heuristics might very likely fail as soon as IE 12  or whatever they want to call it  comes out

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There is a library for this purpose  https   github com bestiejs platform js readme  Then you can use it this way     example 1 platform os      Windows Server 2008 R2   7 x64      example 2 on an iPad platform os      iOS 5 0      you can also access on the browser and some other properties platform name      Safari  platform version      5 1  platform product      iPad  platform manufacturer      Apple  platform layout      WebKit      or use the description to put all together platform description      Safari 5 1 on Apple iPad  iOS 5 0

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For Firefox  Chrome  Opera  Internet Explorer and Safari  var ua  Mozilla 1 22  compatible  MSIE 10 0  Windows 3 1      ua   navigator userAgent  var b  var browser  if ua indexOf  Opera    -1         b browser  Opera     if ua indexOf  Firefox    -1  amp  amp  ua indexOf  Opera    -1        b browser  Firefox          Opera may also contains Firefox   if ua indexOf  Chrome    -1        b browser  Chrome     if ua indexOf  Safari    -1  amp  amp  ua indexOf  Chrome    -1        b browser  Safari          Chrome always contains Safari    if ua indexOf  MSIE    -1  amp  amp   ua indexOf  Opera    -1  amp  amp  ua indexOf  Trident    -1         b  MSIE       browser  Internet Explorer         user agent with MSIE and Opera or MSIE and Trident may exist     if ua indexOf  Trident    -1        b  Trident       browser  Internet Explorer         now for version   var version ua match b        0-9     0-9       0    console log  broswer  browser   console log  version  version

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I wasn t able to get some of the other answers to work on Chrome  Firefox  IE11  and Edge with the same code  I came up with the below and it appears to work for those browsers listed above  I also wanted to see what OS the user was on  I haven t tested this against a browser with user overridden User-Agent settings  so mileage may vary  The order of the IFs is important for this to work correctly   let os  osStore  bStore  appVersion  browser     Chrome if navigator vendor      Google Inc         appVersion   navigator appVersion split           os    appVersion 1  appVersion 2  appVersion 3  appVersion 4  appVersion 5   join           os   os split      1  split      0      browser   appVersion appVersion length-2  split      join           console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         Safari else if navigator vendor      Apple Computer  Inc         appVersion   navigator appVersion split           os    appVersion 1  appVersion 2  appVersion 3  appVersion 4  appVersion 5   join           os   os split      1  split      0       browser   appVersion appVersion length-1  split      join           console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         Firefox is seems the only browser with oscpu else if navigator oscpu       bStore   navigator userAgent split       join  -   split           browser   bStore bStore length-1  replace               osStore    bStore 1  bStore 2  bStore 3   join           osStore   osStore split  -        osStore pop osStore lastIndexOf      osStore   osStore join      split           os   osStore 1       console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         IE is seems the only browser with cpuClass    MSIE 11 10 Mode else if navigator appName      Microsoft Internet Explorer        bStore   navigator appVersion split            browser   bStore 1        bStore 4  replace               os    bStore 2  bStore 3   join           console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         MSIE 11 else if navigator cpuClass       bStore   navigator appVersion split            osStore    bStore 0  bStore 1   join           os   osStore split      1       browser    MSIE 11   bStore 2  split      join           console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         Edge else if navigator appVersion       browser   navigator appVersion split           browser   browser browser length -1  split      join           os   navigator appVersion split      0  split      1       console log  Browser   browser  - OS   os         Other browser else       console log JSON stringify navigator

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Try this one       Browser with version  Detection navigator sayswho   function        var N  navigator appName  ua  navigator userAgent  tem      var M  ua match   opera chrome safari firefox msie     s      d     d     i       if M  amp  amp   tem  ua match  version       d    i     null  M 2   tem 1       M  M   M 1   M 2     N  navigator appVersion  -         return M         var browser version            navigator sayswho  alert  Welcome to     browser version     check out the working fiddle   here

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To get the new Microsoft Edge based on a Mozilla core add  else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  quot Edg quot     -1     browserName    quot Microsoft Edge quot    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 5      before    In Chrome  the true version is after  quot Chrome quot   else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  quot Chrome quot     -1     browserName    quot Chrome quot    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 7

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Code to detect the operating system of an user  let os   navigator userAgent slice 13  split      os   os 0    console log os    Windows NT 10 0

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To detect operating system using JavaScript it is better to use navigator userAgent instead of navigator appVersion    x000D   x000D    x000D    var OSName    Unknown OS   x000D    if  navigator userAgent indexOf  Win      -1  OSName    Windows   x000D    if  navigator userAgent indexOf  Mac      -1  OSName    Macintosh   x000D    if  navigator userAgent indexOf  Linux      -1  OSName    Linux   x000D    if  navigator userAgent indexOf  Android      -1  OSName    Android   x000D    if  navigator userAgent indexOf  like Mac      -1  OSName    iOS   x000D    console log  Your OS      OSName   x000D    x000D   x000D   x000D

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Detecting browser s details   var nVer   navigator appVersion  var nAgt   navigator userAgent  var browserName    navigator appName  var fullVersion       parseFloat navigator appVersion    var majorVersion   parseInt navigator appVersion 10   var nameOffset verOffset ix      In Opera  the true version is after  Opera  or after  Version  if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Opera     -1     browserName    Opera    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 6    if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Version     -1      fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8        In MSIE  the true version is after  MSIE  in userAgent else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  MSIE     -1     browserName    Microsoft Internet Explorer    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 5        In Chrome  the true version is after  Chrome   else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Chrome     -1     browserName    Chrome    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 7        In Safari  the true version is after  Safari  or after  Version   else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Safari     -1     browserName    Safari    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 7    if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Version     -1      fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8        In Firefox  the true version is after  Firefox   else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Firefox     -1     browserName    Firefox    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8        In most other browsers   name version  is at the end of userAgent  else if    nameOffset nAgt lastIndexOf      1   lt              verOffset nAgt lastIndexOf             browserName   nAgt substring nameOffset verOffset    fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 1    if  browserName toLowerCase    browserName toUpperCase        browserName   navigator appName          trim the fullVersion string at semicolon space if present if   ix fullVersion indexOf        -1     fullVersion fullVersion substring 0 ix   if   ix fullVersion indexOf        -1     fullVersion fullVersion substring 0 ix    majorVersion   parseInt    fullVersion 10   if  isNaN majorVersion      fullVersion       parseFloat navigator appVersion     majorVersion   parseInt navigator appVersion 10      document write       Browser name      browserName   lt br gt      Full version      fullVersion   lt br gt      Major version     majorVersion   lt br gt      navigator appName     navigator appName   lt br gt      navigator userAgent     navigator userAgent   lt br gt       Source JavaScript  browser name  See JSFiddle to detect Browser Details     Detecting OS      This script sets OSName variable as follows      Windows     for all versions of Windows     MacOS       for all versions of Macintosh OS     Linux       for all versions of Linux     UNIX        for all other UNIX flavors      Unknown OS  indicates failure to detect the OS  var OSName  Unknown OS   if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Win    -1  OSName  Windows   if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Mac    -1  OSName  MacOS   if  navigator appVersion indexOf  X11    -1  OSName  UNIX   if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Linux    -1  OSName  Linux    document write  Your OS    OSName     source JavaScript  OS detection  See JSFiddle to detect OS Details    x000D   x000D      var nVer   navigator appVersion  x000D      var nAgt   navigator userAgent  x000D      var browserName    navigator appName  x000D      var fullVersion       parseFloat navigator appVersion    x000D      var majorVersion   parseInt navigator appVersion 10   x000D      var nameOffset verOffset ix  x000D       x000D         In Opera  the true version is after  Opera  or after  Version  x000D      if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Opera     -1    x000D       browserName    Opera   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 6   x000D       if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Version     -1   x000D         fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8   x000D        x000D         In MSIE  the true version is after  MSIE  in userAgent x000D      else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  MSIE     -1    x000D       browserName    Microsoft Internet Explorer   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 5   x000D        x000D         In Chrome  the true version is after  Chrome   x000D      else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Chrome     -1    x000D       browserName    Chrome   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 7   x000D        x000D         In Safari  the true version is after  Safari  or after  Version   x000D      else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Safari     -1    x000D       browserName    Safari   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 7   x000D       if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Version     -1   x000D         fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8   x000D        x000D         In Firefox  the true version is after  Firefox   x000D      else if   verOffset nAgt indexOf  Firefox     -1    x000D       browserName    Firefox   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 8   x000D        x000D         In most other browsers   name version  is at the end of userAgent  x000D      else if    nameOffset nAgt lastIndexOf      1   lt   x000D                 verOffset nAgt lastIndexOf          x000D        x000D       browserName   nAgt substring nameOffset verOffset   x000D       fullVersion   nAgt substring verOffset 1   x000D       if  browserName toLowerCase    browserName toUpperCase      x000D        browserName   navigator appName  x000D         x000D        x000D         trim the fullVersion string at semicolon space if present x000D      if   ix fullVersion indexOf        -1  x000D         fullVersion fullVersion substring 0 ix   x000D      if   ix fullVersion indexOf        -1  x000D         fullVersion fullVersion substring 0 ix   x000D       x000D      majorVersion   parseInt    fullVersion 10   x000D      if  isNaN majorVersion     x000D       fullVersion       parseFloat navigator appVersion    x000D       majorVersion   parseInt navigator appVersion 10   x000D        x000D       x000D      document write    x000D         Browser name      browserName   lt br gt   x000D         Full version      fullVersion   lt br gt   x000D         Major version     majorVersion   lt br gt   x000D         navigator appName     navigator appName   lt br gt   x000D         navigator userAgent     navigator userAgent   lt br gt   x000D        x000D   x000D         This script sets OSName variable as follows  x000D          Windows     for all versions of Windows x000D          MacOS       for all versions of Macintosh OS x000D          Linux       for all versions of Linux x000D          UNIX        for all other UNIX flavors  x000D          Unknown OS  indicates failure to detect the OS x000D       x000D      var OSName  Unknown OS   x000D      if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Win    -1  OSName  Windows   x000D      if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Mac    -1  OSName  MacOS   x000D      if  navigator appVersion indexOf  X11    -1  OSName  UNIX   x000D      if  navigator appVersion indexOf  Linux    -1  OSName  Linux   x000D       x000D      document write  Your OS    OSName   x000D   x000D   x000D

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PPK s script is THE authority for this kind of things  as  Jalpesh said  this might point you in the right way  var wn   window navigator          platform   wn platform toString   toLowerCase            userAgent   wn userAgent toLowerCase            storedName      ie     if  userAgent indexOf  msie  0      -1            browserName    ie           os    win           storedName   userAgent match  msie    d 1    toString            version   storedName replace  msie                   browserOsVersion   browserName   version          Taken from https   github com leopic jquery detectBrowser js blob sans-jquery jquery detectBrowser sansjQuery js

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