Detect operating system from Google Chrome Extension

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Recently added, you can use the getPlatformInfo method in Chrome's own API:

chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo(function(info) {    // Display host OS in the console    console.log(info.os);});

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You would need to search for OS name and version inside window.navigator.appVersion.

If you just want to know a platform, see this answer. You can enhance the code by searching for other user agents.

Here is a detailed list of Chrome user agent strings (click on links to see what they mean).

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