A platform detection library that works on nearly all JavaScript platforms.
Platform.js is for informational purposes only & not intended as a substitution for feature detection/inference checks.
- doc/README.md
- wiki/Changelog
- wiki/Roadmap
- platform.js demo (See also whatsmyua.info for comparisons between platform.js and other platform detection libraries)
In a browser:
<scriptsrc="platform.js"></script>In an AMD loader:
require(['platform'],function(platform){/*…*/});Using npm:
$ npm i --save platformIn Node.js:
varplatform=require('platform');Usage example:
// on IE10 x86 platform preview running in IE7 compatibility mode on Windows 7 64 bit editionplatform.name;// 'IE'platform.version;// '10.0'platform.layout;// 'Trident'platform.os;// 'Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 x64'platform.description;// 'IE 10.0 x86 (platform preview; running in IE 7 mode) on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 x64'// or on an iPadplatform.name;// 'Safari'platform.version;// '5.1'platform.product;// 'iPad'platform.manufacturer;// 'Apple'platform.layout;// 'WebKit'platform.os;// 'iOS 5.0'platform.description;// 'Safari 5.1 on Apple iPad (iOS 5.0)'// or parsing a given UA stringvarinfo=platform.parse('Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.2; en; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0 Opera 11.52');info.name;// 'Opera'info.version;// '11.52'info.layout;// 'Presto'info.os;// 'Mac OS X 10.7.2'info.description;// 'Opera 11.52 (identifying as Firefox 4.0) on Mac OS X 10.7.2'Tested in Chrome 82-83, Firefox 77-78, IE 11, Edge 82-83, Safari 12-13, Node.js 4-14, & PhantomJS 2.1.1.
Platform.js is part of the BestieJS “Best in Class” module collection. This means we promote solid browser/environment support, ES5+ precedents, unit testing, & plenty of documentation.