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User Agent Parser

Parse User-Agent strings to extract detailed browser family, version, operating system, and device type.

Valid Syntax

Quick Answer & Understanding Your Result

Source: W3C User-Agent Client Hints Specification

A User Agent Parser breaks down HTTP `User-Agent` header strings into structured client metadata: Browser Name & Version, Operating System, Rendering Engine, CPU Architecture, and Device Type (Desktop, Mobile, Tablet, Bot).

Extracted Client Telemetry Fields

  • Browser Family & Major/Minor Version: Detects Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Samsung Internet, and embedded webviews.
  • Operating System & Architecture: Identifies Windows 11, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Ubuntu, and CPU architecture (x86_64, ARM64).
  • Device Model & Form Factor: Determines Mobile, Tablet, Desktop, or Web Crawler Bot (Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot).

Analytics & Security Applications

  • Bot Detection & Traffic Scrubbing: Identifying search engine crawlers and automated scraper bots in access logs.
  • Web Analytics Telemetry: Grouping user traffic sessions by device form factors and browser capabilities.

Enter any User-Agent header string above to inspect structured client metadata and JSON diagnostics instantly.

Formula & Calculation Logic

Technical Specification & AST
Mathematical Formula
Client Info
= UAParser(UserAgentHeaderString)

Applies lexical pattern matching and token extraction across browser engines, operating systems, and bot identifiers in 0ms.

Step-by-Step Guide

1

Paste User-Agent String

Paste raw User-Agent header string from server access logs, curl requests, or web inspector.

2

Deterministic Token Parsing

The engine parses browser, OS, hardware, and bot tokens in 0ms.

3

Review Structured Telemetry

Inspect clean formatted JSON and overview summary cards of client device specifications.

Worked Examples Table

ExampleInput ValuesCalculated ResultExplanation
Chrome on macOS Desktop
Ua String: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Google Chrome 126.0.0.0 on macOS 10.15.7 (Desktop, Engine: Blink)
Identifies Apple Mac hardware running modern Chrome browser.
Googlebot Web Crawler
Ua String: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
Googlebot Search Crawler (Bot / Web Crawler)
Detects official Google search engine indexer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Evidence-Based Methodology & Authoritative References

References & Methodology

W3C User-Agent Client Hints Specification

View Reference

MDN Web Docs - User-Agent HTTP Header

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Google Search Central: Overview of Google Crawlers (User Agents)

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Calculation Standard & Formulation

Standard: ISO / W3C / IETF Authoritative Domain Standard

Formula: Client Info = UAParser(UserAgentHeaderString)

Last Reviewed: August 21, 2026

Authoritative Sources & Peer Review

Primary Source: W3C User-Agent Client Hints Specification

Reference Document: MDN Web Docs - User-Agent HTTP Header

Computation Privacy: 100% client-side 0ms computation, zero data retention

Technical Standards & Execution Scope

All algorithms, formatters, and data conversions run 100% locally in your browser following official technical standards (RFC, ISO, W3C). Output should be verified prior to mission-critical production deployment.

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