# Show Discourse version on the /about page

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Abril 4, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205 "2015-04-04T18:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![JMichaelTX](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmichaeltx/32/54116_2.png) [@JMichaelTX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JMichaelTX)\
**Post date:** [Outubro 28, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205/11 "2017-10-28T01:05:32Z")

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> [@Benno](#):
>
> I’m currently researching Discourse usage and would be interested to see which version site admins are running.  
> To a normal user this would let them know which forum software is being used.

This may not help the average (whatever that is) user, but here’s a simple JavaScript that will get the Discourse version:

```javascript
verStr = document.querySelector('meta[name="generator"]').content.match(/\w+[]+[\d\.]+/)[0];
verStr

```

You could run this script from several tools:

- AppleScript
- JavaScript for Automation (JXA)
- Keyboard Maestro
- Browser bookmarklet
- others?

I’ve tested it only in Chrome, so I can’t vouch for other browsers, but it should work in Safari.

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