|                                                                            |  | # Platform.js v1.3.5
A platform detection library that works on nearly all JavaScript platforms.
## Disclaimer
Platform.js is for informational purposes only & **not** intended as a substitution for feature detection/inference checks.
## Documentation
* [doc/README.md](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/blob/master/doc/README.md#readme)* [wiki/Changelog](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/wiki/Changelog)* [wiki/Roadmap](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/wiki/Roadmap)* [platform.js demo](https://bestiejs.github.io/platform.js/) (See also [whatsmyua.info](https://www.whatsmyua.info/) for comparisons between platform.js and other platform detection libraries)
## Installation
In a browser:
```html<script src="platform.js"></script>```
In an AMD loader:
```jsrequire(['platform'], function(platform) {/*…*/});```
Using npm:
```shell$ npm i --save platform```
In Node.js:
```jsvar platform = require('platform');```
Usage example:
```js// 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 stringvar info = 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'```
## Support
Tested in Chrome 82-83, Firefox 77-78, IE 11, Edge 82-83, Safari 12-13, Node.js 4-14, & PhantomJS 2.1.1.
## BestieJS
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.
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