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How do I determine the exact browser and version using JavaScript?

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  • Make sure you aren't basing critical functionality on this test. Commented Mar 8, 2010 at 11:36
  • Additional relevant answers can be found on this and this dupe Commented Sep 2, 2016 at 10:30

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navigator.saysWho = (() => {
  const { userAgent } = navigator
  let match = userAgent.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*(\d+)/i) || []
  let temp

  if (/trident/i.test(match[1])) {
    temp = /\brv[ :]+(\d+)/g.exec(userAgent) || []

    return `IE ${temp[1] || ''}`
  }

  if (match[1] === 'Chrome') {
    temp = userAgent.match(/\b(OPR|Edge)\/(\d+)/)

    if (temp !== null) {
      return temp.slice(1).join(' ').replace('OPR', 'Opera')
    }

    temp = userAgent.match(/\b(Edg)\/(\d+)/)

    if (temp !== null) {
      return temp.slice(1).join(' ').replace('Edg', 'Edge (Chromium)')
    }
  }

  match = match[2] ? [ match[1], match[2] ] : [ navigator.appName, navigator.appVersion, '-?' ]
  temp = userAgent.match(/version\/(\d+)/i)

  if (temp !== null) {
    match.splice(1, 1, temp[1])
  }

  return match.join(' ')
})()

console.log(navigator.saysWho) // outputs: `Chrome 89`

As the name implies, this will tell you the name and version number supplied by the browser.

It is handy for sorting test and error results, when you are testing new code on multiple browsers.

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+1 from me as well. Sometimes, it's not about feature support, it's actually about the browser. Yes, the user-agent info can be spoofed, but when you're dealing with older browsers and circumventing their bugs (like FF 3's issue with not sending the Content-Length header for read-only AJAX POST messages), feature support just doesn't cut it.
Would be nice to know all the results this function returns...
I love this! Thanks man! Still, I just made a modification on the first and second last line. I replaced: navigator.sayswho= with navigator.browserInfo= on the 1st line for better readability (i.e. so I won't wonder months later what it does in the code) and replaced return M.join(' '); with return { 'browser': M[0], 'version': M[1] }; so that I can use it like this in the global scope: console.log(navigator.browserInfo.browser); and console.log(navigator.browserInfo.version); for better accessibility. Sorry I guess I did mess with it even though it said "Don't touch".
Tested on chrome only for time being... if you wish to get the full version number, change the regx to (vivaldi|opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*([0-9|\.]+) difference is the last bracket instead of (d+) it should be ([0-9|\.]+) so number and the dot. also added vivaldi browser just incase :)
This code is hardly readable. What is tem? What is M?
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I recommend using the tiny javascript library Bowser. It is based on the navigator.userAgent and quite well tested for all browsers including iphone, android etc.

https://github.com/ded/bowser

You can use simply say:

if (bowser.msie && bowser.version <= 6) {
  alert('Hello IE');
} else if (bowser.firefox){
  alert('Hello Foxy');
} else if (bowser.chrome){
  alert('Hello Chrome');
} else if (bowser.safari){
  alert('Hello Safari');
} else if(bowser.iphone || bowser.android){
  alert('Hello mobile');
}
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This is something I wrote to get client info

var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var check = function(r) {
    return r.test(ua);
};
var DOC = document;
var isStrict = DOC.compatMode == "CSS1Compat";
var isOpera = check(/opera/);
var isChrome = check(/chrome/);
var isWebKit = check(/webkit/);
var isSafari = !isChrome && check(/safari/);
var isSafari2 = isSafari && check(/applewebkit\/4/); // unique to
// Safari 2
var isSafari3 = isSafari && check(/version\/3/);
var isSafari4 = isSafari && check(/version\/4/);
var isIE = !isOpera && check(/msie/);
var isIE7 = isIE && check(/msie 7/);
var isIE8 = isIE && check(/msie 8/);
var isIE6 = isIE && !isIE7 && !isIE8;
var isGecko = !isWebKit && check(/gecko/);
var isGecko2 = isGecko && check(/rv:1\.8/);
var isGecko3 = isGecko && check(/rv:1\.9/);
var isBorderBox = isIE && !isStrict;
var isWindows = check(/windows|win32/);
var isMac = check(/macintosh|mac os x/);
var isAir = check(/adobeair/);
var isLinux = check(/linux/);
var isSecure = /^https/i.test(window.location.protocol);
var isIE7InIE8 = isIE7 && DOC.documentMode == 7;

var jsType = '', browserType = '', browserVersion = '', osName = '';
var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var check = function(r) {
    return r.test(ua);
};

if(isWindows){
    osName = 'Windows';

    if(check(/windows nt/)){
        var start = ua.indexOf('windows nt');
        var end = ua.indexOf(';', start);
        osName = ua.substring(start, end);
    }
} else {
    osName = isMac ? 'Mac' : isLinux ? 'Linux' : 'Other';
} 

if(isIE){
    browserType = 'IE';
    jsType = 'IE';

    var versionStart = ua.indexOf('msie') + 5;
    var versionEnd = ua.indexOf(';', versionStart);
    browserVersion = ua.substring(versionStart, versionEnd);

    jsType = isIE6 ? 'IE6' : isIE7 ? 'IE7' : isIE8 ? 'IE8' : 'IE';
} else if (isGecko){
    var isFF =  check(/firefox/);
    browserType = isFF ? 'Firefox' : 'Others';;
    jsType = isGecko2 ? 'Gecko2' : isGecko3 ? 'Gecko3' : 'Gecko';

    if(isFF){
        var versionStart = ua.indexOf('firefox') + 8;
        var versionEnd = ua.indexOf(' ', versionStart);
        if(versionEnd == -1){
            versionEnd = ua.length;
        }
        browserVersion = ua.substring(versionStart, versionEnd);
    }
} else if(isChrome){
    browserType = 'Chrome';
    jsType = isWebKit ? 'Web Kit' : 'Other';

    var versionStart = ua.indexOf('chrome') + 7;
    var versionEnd = ua.indexOf(' ', versionStart);
    browserVersion = ua.substring(versionStart, versionEnd);
}else{
    browserType = isOpera ? 'Opera' : isSafari ? 'Safari' : '';
}
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isn't it a little wasteful to always run all checks? seems pointless to check for Linux if you know it's a Windows isn't it...
@Matthias, thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to optimize the solution. The same logic can be applied in testing for browsers also.
all i see is var var var var var var ... Please, future coders who see this, don't do this. It's really not necessary and is a pain for project managers with OCD's to read.
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Here's how to detect browsers in 2016, including Microsoft Edge, Safari 10 and detection of Blink:

// Opera 8.0+ (UA detection to detect Blink/v8-powered Opera)
isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' OPR/') >= 0;
// Firefox 1.0+
isFirefox = typeof InstallTrigger !== 'undefined';
// Safari 3.0+
isSafari = /constructor/i.test(window.HTMLElement) || (function (p) { return p.toString() === "[object SafariRemoteNotification]"; })(!window['safari'] || safari.pushNotification);
// Internet Explorer 6-11
isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false || !!document.documentMode;
// Edge 20+
isEdge = !isIE && !!window.StyleMedia;
// Chrome 1+
isChrome = !!window.chrome && !!window.chrome.webstore;
// Blink engine detection
isBlink = (isChrome || isOpera) && !!window.CSS;

The beauty of this approach is that it relies on browser engine properties, so it covers even derivative browsers, such as Yandex or Vivaldi, which are practically compatible with the major browsers whose engines they use. The exception is Opera, which relies on user agent sniffing, but today (i.e. ver. 15 and up) even Opera is itself only a shell for Blink.

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The only correct answer in this page. Navigator object is no longer reliable after latest IE versions.
Have a look at this other answer for documentation on what these tests are build upon: stackoverflow.com/a/9851769/726097
@einjohn Also written by me :D Nice of you to link!
window.chrome.webstore is deprecated as of 06/12/2018, so it will evaluate as false and chrome detection would break.
@MihalyKR thanks, I've been working on a solution, will update soon.
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It is usually best to avoid browser-specific code where possible. The JQuery $.support property is available for detection of support for particular features rather than relying on browser name and version.

In Opera for example, you can fake an internet explorer or firefox instance.

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A detailed description of JQuery.support can be found here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.support/

Now deprecated according to jQuery.

We strongly recommend the use of an external library such as Modernizr instead of dependency on properties in jQuery.support.

When coding websites, I always make sure, that basic functionality like navigation is also accessible to non-js users. This may be object to discussion and can be ignored if the homepage is targeted to a special audience.

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Sometimes you really need to know the browser, when the same features are supported in a different way. So, if making use of jQuery, $.browser is the right way, as indicated by user288744
Sometimes you do need to know the browser version. Please make sure to answer the question that was asked.
@PhilRykoff - but you're not answering the 99% case of the question - you're answering the 99% case of another question, that you assume the questioner meant to ask, or should have asked. Maybe ask for clarification first?
@Phil, you're right that sometimes the best answer is one that the questioner didn't even ask. However, I disagree with your application of that theory to this question. Consider window.onpopstate (and please remember that a non-jQuery answer is most ideal to a question that never mentions jQuery) -- IE does not fire it for the initial view, in contrast to other browsers. Sometimes, to be robust, you must consider what browser you are dealing with to implement a feature correctly. Given the title of this question, that is precisely the information one would expect, and yours does not.
Uh, I hate to say this, but WHEN apart from testing your code with multiple browsers for compatibility purposes will you otherwise spoof your browser's configuration?
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This tells you all the details about your browser and the version of it. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="example"></div>

<script>

txt = "<p>Browser CodeName: " + navigator.appCodeName + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Name: " + navigator.appName + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Version: " + navigator.appVersion + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Cookies Enabled: " + navigator.cookieEnabled + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Platform: " + navigator.platform + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>User-agent header: " + navigator.userAgent + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>User-agent language: " + navigator.systemLanguage + "</p>";

document.getElementById("example").innerHTML=txt;

</script>

</body>
</html>
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Is this supported on all platforms?
checked in firefox,IE and chrome....works there....please do let me know your feedback
It looks like all my browsers are Netscape. Either your code sucks or I am high
'works on my machine' is not acceptable approach of web development.
These methods are deprecated and should not be used.
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All the information about web browser is contained in navigator object. The name and version are there.

var appname = window.navigator.appName;

Source: javascript browser detection

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Chrome says "Netscape"
Firefox 20.0.1 on XP says "Netscape" too.
Firefox & Chrome say 'Netscape'. IE 8 says nothing!
try appcodename w3schools.com/jsref/prop_nav_appcodename.asp
appCodeName = Mozilla and appName = Netscape in chrome 33
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//Copy and paste this into your code/text editor, and try it

//Before you use this to fix compatability bugs, it's best to try inform the browser provider that you have found a bug and there latest browser may not be up to date with the current web standards

//Since none of the browsers use the browser identification system properly you need to do something a bit like this

//Write browser identification
document.write(navigator.userAgent + "<br>")

//Detect browser and write the corresponding name
if (navigator.userAgent.search("MSIE") >= 0){
    document.write('"MS Internet Explorer ');
    var position = navigator.userAgent.search("MSIE") + 5;
    var end = navigator.userAgent.search("; Windows");
    var version = navigator.userAgent.substring(position,end);
    document.write(version + '"');
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") >= 0){
document.write('"Google Chrome ');// For some reason in the browser identification Chrome contains the word "Safari" so when detecting for Safari you need to include Not Chrome
    var position = navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") + 7;
    var end = navigator.userAgent.search(" Safari");
    var version = navigator.userAgent.substring(position,end);
    document.write(version + '"');
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.search("Firefox") >= 0){
    document.write('"Mozilla Firefox ');
    var position = navigator.userAgent.search("Firefox") + 8;
    var version = navigator.userAgent.substring(position);
    document.write(version + '"');
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.search("Safari") >= 0 && navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") < 0){//<< Here
    document.write('"Apple Safari ');
    var position = navigator.userAgent.search("Version") + 8;
    var end = navigator.userAgent.search(" Safari");
    var version = navigator.userAgent.substring(position,end);
    document.write(version + '"');
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.search("Opera") >= 0){
    document.write('"Opera ');
    var position = navigator.userAgent.search("Version") + 8;
    var version = navigator.userAgent.substring(position);
    document.write(version + '"');
}
else{
    document.write('"Other"');
}

//Use w3schools research the `search()` method as other methods are availible
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Please do not recommend w3schools
And, like a billion other such code snippets, this fails on IE 11 (and presumably later versions).
"undefined" in Chrome.
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Since Internet Explorer 11 (IE11+) came out and is not using the tag name of MSIE anymore I came up with a variance of an older detection function:

navigator.sayswho= (function(){
    var N= navigator.appName, ua= navigator.userAgent, tem;

    // if IE11+
    if (new RegExp("Trident/.*rv:([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})").exec(ua) !== null) {
        var M= ["Internet Explorer"];
        if(M && (tem= ua.match(/rv:([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})/))!= null) M[2]= tem[1];
        M= M? [M[0], M[2]]: [N, navigator.appVersion,'-?'];
        return M;
    }

    var M= ua.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie)\/?\s*(\.?\d+(\.\d+)*)/i);
    if(M && (tem= ua.match(/version\/([\.\d]+)/i))!= null) M[2]= tem[1];
    M= M? [M[1], M[2]]: [N, navigator.appVersion,'-?'];
    return M;
})();
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Sadly, IE11 no longer has MSIE in its navigator.userAgent: 

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; OfficeLiveConnector.1.5; OfficeLivePatch.1.3; .NET4.0C; BRI/2; BOIE9;ENUS; rv:11.0) like Gecko

As to why you want to know which browser you're using, it's because every browser has its own set of bugs, and you end up implementing browser and version specific workarounds, or tell the user to use a different browser!

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Thats kind of the purpose people would use this for. If they know they will not support IE detect it and let them know.
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var browser = navigator.appName;
var version = navigator.appVersion;

Note, however, that both will not necessarily reflect the truth. Many browsers can be set to mask as other browsers. So, for example, you can't always be sure if a user is actually surfing with IE6 or with Opera that pretends to be IE6.

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+1: contrary to the previous downvote, in theory, this is the right way; in practice, browser vendors fill these values with questionable content; see the docs at MDC ( developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/Window.navigator ) and MSDN ( msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535867%28VS.85%29.aspx ); Google led me also to the follwing page (out of date, no Chrome yet), which shows that it's mainly Safari which reports garbage: javascriptkit.com/jsref/navigator.shtml
It is not even the right way in theory - see the HTML5 specification section 6.5.1.1 Client identification, which says of navigator.appName: Must return either the string "Netscape" or the full name of the browser, e.g. "Mellblom Browsernator". In other words, the HTML5 standard does not even pretend to require that appName have a meaningful value.
@Spike0xff this answer is from a time where exactly nobody at all was using HTML5, or indeed had so much as heard of it.
@ЯegDwight (or should I say Elton?): navigator.appName has been "Netscape" or nothing on pretty much every browser forever, long before the HTML5 spec codified the practice.
php use optional a browsercap.ini to do that. You may download ?all? possible user agent string from browscap.org . You'll see it's very complex. Additionally all header beginning with HTTP_ may be faked.
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This little library may help you. But be aware that browser detection is not always the solution.

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then, what is the solution ? how can you make style/functionality that depends on the browser or it's version ?
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Here is how I do custom CSS for Internet Explorer:

In my JavaScript file:

function isIE () {
      var myNav = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
      return (myNav.indexOf('msie') != -1) ? parseInt(myNav.split('msie')[1]) : false;
}

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    if(var_isIE){
            if(var_isIE == 10){
                jQuery("html").addClass("ie10");
            }
            if(var_isIE == 8){
                jQuery("html").addClass("ie8");
                // you can also call here some function to disable things that 
                //are not supported in IE, or override browser default styles.
            }
        }
    });

And then in my CSS file, y define each different style:

.ie10 .some-class span{
    .......
}
.ie8 .some-class span{
    .......
}
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Instead of hardcoding web browsers, you can scan the user agent to find the browser name:

navigator.userAgent.split(')').reverse()[0].match(/(?!Gecko|Version|[A-Za-z]+?Web[Kk]it)[A-Z][a-z]+/g)[0]

I've tested this on Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Let me know if you found this doesn't work on a browser.

  • Safari: "Safari"
  • Chrome: "Chrome"
  • Firefox: "Firefox"

You can even modify this to get the browser version if you want. Do note there are better ways to get the browser version

navigator.userAgent.split(')').reverse()[0].match(/(?!Gecko|Version|[A-Za-z]+?Web[Kk]it)[A-Z][a-z]+\/[\d.]+/g)[0].split('/')

Sample output:

Firefox/39.0
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Does not work well with some different browsers - It points UCBrowser as Chrome, even when in IE Compatibility mode, lol
It says Edge is Chrome...
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If you want a function that returns the browser as well as the version, here is an improvement from the original answer:

navigator.browserInfo = 
(
    function()
    {
        var browser = '';
        var version = '';
        var idString = '';

        var ua = navigator.userAgent;
        var tem = [];
        var M = ua.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*(\d+)/i);

        //IE will be identified as 'Trident' and a different version number. The name must be corrected to 'Internet Explorer' and the correct version identified.
        //ie correction
        if(/trident/i.test(M[1]))
        {
            tem = /\brv[ :]+(\d+.?\d*)/g.exec(ua) || [];
            browser = 'Internet Explorer';
            version = tem[1];
        }

        //firefox
        else if(/firefox/i.test(M[1]))
        {
            tem = /\brv[ :]+(\d+.?\d*)/g.exec(ua) || [];
            browser = 'Firefox';
            version = tem[1];
        }

        //safari
        else if(/safari/i.test(M[1]))
        {
            tem = ua.match(/\bVersion\/(\d+.?\d*\s*\w+)/);
            browser = 'Safari';
            version = tem[1];
        }

        //If 'Chrome' is found, it may be another browser. 
        else if(M[1] === 'Chrome')
        {
            //opera
            var temOpr = ua.match(/\b(OPR)\/(\d+.?\d*.?\d*.?\d*)/);
            //edge
            var temEdge = ua.match(/\b(Edge)\/(\d+.?\d*)/);
            //chrome
            var temChrome = ua.match(/\b(Chrome)\/(\d+.?\d*.?\d*.?\d*)/);

            //a genuine 'Chrome' reading will result from ONLY temChrome not being null.
            var genuineChrome = temOpr == null && temEdge == null && temChrome != null;

            if(temOpr != null)
            {
                browser = temOpr[1].replace('OPR', 'Opera');
                version = temOpr[2];
            }

            if(temEdge != null)
            {
                browser = temEdge[1];
                version = temEdge[2];
            }

            if(genuineChrome)
            {
                browser = temChrome[1];
                version = temChrome[2];
            }
        }
        //There will be some odd balls, so if you wish to support those browsers, add functionality to display those browsers as well.

        if(browser == '' || version == '')
        {
            idString = 'We couldn\'t find your browser, but you can still use the site';
        }
        else
        {
            idString = browser + ' version ' + version;
        }

        alert('Your browser is ' + idString);

        //store the type of browser locally
        if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined")
        {
            //Store
            localStorage.setItem('browser', browser);
            localStorage.setItem('version', version);
        } 
        else
        {
            alert('local storage not available');
        }
    }
)();

With this, it also stores the result locally, so this check is not necessary to run every time.

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This is almost an exact copy of the accepted answer. Note that @kennebec's solution returns browser name and version while this version only returns browser name.
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This is what I'm using:

var ua = navigator.userAgent;
var info = {
        browser: /Edge\/\d+/.test(ua) ? 'ed' : /MSIE 9/.test(ua) ? 'ie9' : /MSIE 10/.test(ua) ? 'ie10' : /MSIE 11/.test(ua) ? 'ie11' : /MSIE\s\d/.test(ua) ? 'ie?' : /rv\:11/.test(ua) ? 'ie11' : /Firefox\W\d/.test(ua) ? 'ff' : /Chrom(e|ium)\W\d|CriOS\W\d/.test(ua) ? 'gc' : /\bSafari\W\d/.test(ua) ? 'sa' : /\bOpera\W\d/.test(ua) ? 'op' : /\bOPR\W\d/i.test(ua) ? 'op' : typeof MSPointerEvent !== 'undefined' ? 'ie?' : '',
        os: /Windows NT 10/.test(ua) ? "win10" : /Windows NT 6\.0/.test(ua) ? "winvista" : /Windows NT 6\.1/.test(ua) ? "win7" : /Windows NT 6\.\d/.test(ua) ? "win8" : /Windows NT 5\.1/.test(ua) ? "winxp" : /Windows NT [1-5]\./.test(ua) ? "winnt" : /Mac/.test(ua) ? "mac" : /Linux/.test(ua) ? "linux" : /X11/.test(ua) ? "nix" : "",
        touch: 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement,
        mobile: /IEMobile|Windows Phone|Lumia/i.test(ua) ? 'w' : /iPhone|iP[oa]d/.test(ua) ? 'i' : /Android/.test(ua) ? 'a' : /BlackBerry|PlayBook|BB10/.test(ua) ? 'b' : /Mobile Safari/.test(ua) ? 's' : /webOS|Mobile|Tablet|Opera Mini|\bCrMo\/|Opera Mobi/i.test(ua) ? 1 : 0,
        tablet: /Tablet|iPad/i.test(ua),
};

info properties:

  • browser: gc for Google Chrome; ie9-ie11 for IE; ie? for old or unknown IE; ed for Edge; ff for Firefox; sa for Safari; op for Opera.
  • os: mac win7 win8 win10 winnt winxp winvista linux nix
  • mobile: a for Android; i for iOS (iPhone iPad); w for Windows Phone; b for Blackberry; s for undetected mobile running Safari; 1 for other undetected mobile; 0 for non-mobile
  • touch: true for touch enabled devices, including touch laptops/notebooks that has both mouse and touch together; false for no touch support
  • tablet: true or false

https://jsfiddle.net/oriadam/ncb4n882/

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You could use the jQuery library to detect the browser version.

Example:

jQuery.browser.version

However, this only makes sense if you are also using other functions of jQuery. Adding an entire library just to detect the browser seems like overkill to me.

More information: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.browser/

(you have to scroll down a bit)

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I've just tried on win 8 chrome 25 and ie 10. Well, it fails completely. After 3 years any current support would be nice.
This feature was deprecated at jQuery 1.3, and finally removed at jQuery 1.9. So, it's best to not rely on it.
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 var isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera') >= 0;
        // Opera 8.0+ (UA detection to detect Blink/v8-powered Opera)
        var isFirefox = typeof InstallTrigger !== 'undefined';   // Firefox 1.0+
        var isSafari = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.HTMLElement).indexOf('Constructor') > 0;
        // At least Safari 3+: "[object HTMLElementConstructor]"
        var isChrome = !!window.chrome;                          // Chrome 1+
        var isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false;

you can more read How to detect Safari, Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera browser?

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I know I'm WAY late to this question, but figured I'd throw my snippets up here. A lot of the answers here are OK, and, as one points out, it's generally best to use feature detection rather than rely on the userAgent string. However, if you are going to go that route, I've written a complete snippet, as well as an alternate jQuery implementation to replace the depricated $.browser.

Vanilla JS

My first snippet simply adds four properties to the navigator object: browser, version, mobile, & webkit.

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/** navigator [extended]
 *  Simply extends Browsers navigator Object to include browser name, version number, and mobile type (if available).
 *
 *  @property {String} browser The name of the browser.
 *  @property {Double} version The current Browser version number.
 *  @property {String|Boolean} mobile Will be `false` if is not found to be mobile device. Else, will be best guess Name of Mobile Device (not to be confused with browser name)
 *  @property {Boolean} webkit If is webkit or not.
 */
;(function(){function c(){try{switch(!0){case /MSIE|Trident/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"MSIE";case /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Chrome";case /Opera/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Opera";case /Kindle|Silk|KFTT|KFOT|KFJWA|KFJWI|KFSOWI|KFTHWA|KFTHWI|KFAPWA|KFAPWI/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return/Silk/i.test(navigator.userAgent)?"Silk":"Kindle";case /BlackBerry/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"BlackBerry";case /PlayBook/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"PlayBook";case /BB[0-9]{1,}; Touch/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Blackberry";
case /Android/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Android";case /Safari/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Safari";case /Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Mozilla";case /Nokia/.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Nokia"}}catch(a){console.debug("ERROR:setBrowser\t",a)}}function d(){try{switch(!0){case /Sony[^ ]*/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Sony";case /RIM Tablet/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"RIM Tablet";case /BlackBerry/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"BlackBerry";case /iPhone/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"iPhone";
case /iPad/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"iPad";case /iPod/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"iPod";case /Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Opera Mini";case /IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"IEMobile";case /BB[0-9]{1,}; Touch/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"BlackBerry";case /Nokia/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Nokia";case /Android/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return"Android"}}catch(a){console.debug("ERROR:setMobile\t",a)}return!1}function e(){try{switch(!0){case /MSIE|Trident/i.test(navigator.userAgent):return/Trident/i.test(navigator.userAgent)&&
/rv:([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})/.test(navigator.userAgent)?parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.match(/rv:([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})/)[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,"")):/MSIE/i.test(navigator.userAgent)&&0<parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("MSIE")[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""))?parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("MSIE")[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,"")):"Edge";case /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Chrome/")[1].split("Safari")[0].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""));case /Opera/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Version/")[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,
""));case /Kindle|Silk|KFTT|KFOT|KFJWA|KFJWI|KFSOWI|KFTHWA|KFTHWI|KFAPWA|KFAPWI/i.test(navigator.userAgent):if(/Silk/i.test(navigator.userAgent))return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Silk/")[1].split("Safari")[0].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""));if(/Kindle/i.test(navigator.userAgent)&&/Version/i.test(navigator.userAgent))return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Version/")[1].split("Safari")[0].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""));case /BlackBerry/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("/")[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,
""));case /PlayBook/.test(navigator.userAgent):case /BB[0-9]{1,}; Touch/.test(navigator.userAgent):case /Safari/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Version/")[1].split("Safari")[0].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""));case /Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split(/Firefox\//i)[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""));case /Android/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Version/")[1].split("Safari")[0].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,
""));case /Nokia/.test(navigator.userAgent):return parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.split("Browser")[1].replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,""))}}catch(a){console.debug("ERROR:setVersion\t",a)}}a:{try{if(navigator&&navigator.userAgent){navigator.browser=c();navigator.mobile=d();navigator.version=e();var b;b:{try{b=/WebKit/i.test(navigator.userAgent);break b}catch(a){console.debug("ERROR:setWebkit\t",a)}b=void 0}navigator.webkit=b;break a}}catch(a){}throw Error("Browser does not support `navigator` Object |OR| has undefined `userAgent` property.");
}})();
/*  simple c & p of above   */
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I tried you code(Vanilla JS) .. when I tried with Firefox and opera from mobile browser it did not give the right output
@RajaDhasan Vanilla version updated. Try it now.
It works perfectly from web browser .. but when I tried from android mobile for chrome browser it prints Android and for opera it prints chrome
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var isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' OPR/') >= 0;
    // Opera 8.0+ (UA detection to detect Blink/v8-powered Opera)
var isFirefox = typeof InstallTrigger !== 'undefined';   // Firefox 1.0+
var isSafari = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.HTMLElement).indexOf('Constructor') > 0;
    // At least Safari 3+: "[object HTMLElementConstructor]"
var isChrome = !!window.chrome && !isOpera;              // Chrome 1+
var isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false || !!document.documentMode;
// Edge 20+
var isEdge = !isIE && !!window.StyleMedia;
// Chrome 1+
var output = 'Detecting browsers by ducktyping:<hr>';
output += 'isFirefox: ' + isFirefox + '<br>';
output += 'isChrome: ' + isChrome + '<br>';
output += 'isSafari: ' + isSafari + '<br>';
output += 'isOpera: ' + isOpera + '<br>';
output += 'isIE: ' + isIE + '<br>';
output += 'isIE Edge: ' + isEdge + '<br>';
document.body.innerHTML = output;
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Not exactly what you want, but close to it:

var jscriptVersion = /*@cc_on @if(@_jscript) @_jscript_version @else @*/ false /*@end @*/;
var geckoVersion = navigator.product === 'Gecko' && navigator.productSub;
var operaVersion = 'opera' in window && 'version' in opera && opera.version();

The variables will contain the appropriate version or false if it is not available.

I'd appreciate it if someone using Chrome could find out if you can use window.chrome in a similar way to window.opera.

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Some times we need simple method to check if the browser is IE or not. This is how it could be:

 var isMSIE = (/trident/i).test(navigator.userAgent);

 if(isMSIE)
 {
  /* do something for ie */
 }
 else
 {
  /* do something else */
 }

or simplified siva's method:

 if(!!navigator.systemLanguage)
 {
  /* do something for ie */
 }
 else
 {
  /* do something else */
 }

MSIE v.11 check:

if( (/trident/i).test(navigator.userAgent) && (/rv:/i).test(navigator.userAgent) )
{
  /* do something for ie 11 */
}

other IE browsers contain MSIE string in their userAgent property and could be catched by it.

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As per many other answers to this question, it is much better to do feature detection than browser detection.
Other ways to detect IE browsers including both feature and ie string detection in user agent. if( (/MSIE/i).test(navigator.userAgent) && !!window.MSInputMethodContext ) { /* ie check */ } or if( !!window.MSInputMethodContext ) { /* ie 11 check */ }
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I found something interesting and quicker way. IE supports navigator.systemLanguage which returns "en-US" where other browsers return undefined.

<script>
    var lang = navigator.systemLanguage;
    if (lang!='en-US'){document.write("Well, this is not internet explorer");}
    else{document.write("This is internet explorer");}
</script>
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I make this small function, hope it helps. Here you can find the latest version browserDetection 

function detectBrowser(userAgent){
  var chrome  = /.*(Chrome\/).*(Safari\/).*/g;
  var firefox = /.*(Firefox\/).*/g;
  var safari  = /.*(Version\/).*(Safari\/).*/g;
  var opera   = /.*(Chrome\/).*(Safari\/).*(OPR\/).*/g

  if(opera.exec(userAgent))
    return "Opera"
  if(chrome.exec(userAgent))
    return "Chrome"
  if(safari.exec(userAgent))
    return "Safari"
  if(firefox.exec(userAgent))
    return "Firefox"
}
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Below code snippet will show how how you can show UI elemnts depends on IE version and browser

$(document).ready(function () {

var msiVersion = GetMSIieversion();
if ((msiVersion <= 8) && (msiVersion != false)) {

    //Show UI elements specific to IE version 8 or low

    } else {
    //Show UI elements specific to IE version greater than 8 and for other browser other than IE,,ie..Chrome,Mozila..etc
    }
}
);

Below code will give how we can get IE version

function GetMSIieversion() {

var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
var msie = ua.indexOf('MSIE ');
if (msie > 0) {
    // IE 10 or older => return version number
    return parseInt(ua.substring(msie + 5, ua.indexOf('.', msie)), 10);
}

var trident = ua.indexOf('Trident/');
if (trident > 0) {
    // IE 11 => return version number
    var rv = ua.indexOf('rv:');
    return parseInt(ua.substring(rv + 3, ua.indexOf('.', rv)), 10);
}

var edge = ua.indexOf('Edge/');
if (edge > 0) {
    // Edge (IE 12+) => return version number
    return parseInt(ua.substring(edge + 5, ua.indexOf('.', edge)), 10);
}

// other browser like Chrome,Mozila..etc
return false;

}
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