318
votes

How can I tell which version of Angular I am using?

I have tried:

angular --version
angular --v
angular -version
angular -v

but get -bash: angular: command not found

I know by yeoman --version that I am using 0.9.6

But how do get the angularjs version?

29
Leo's answer (look at angular related lines in package.json) works for any version of AngularJS (1) or Angular 2+. Tony dong's answer (inspect application tag in DOM) works fine for any version of Angular 2 or greater. Loliski's one works only for 1 and 2, not for greater versions. The accepted answer (TheHippo) works only for AngularJS (1) - Pac0
Does it make any sense having the question tagged angular and angularjs? They are both completely different libraries. It would make much more sense to have one question for each. Then the accepted answer would not have been partially invalidated when the new tag was added. - Paul Rooney

29 Answers

221
votes

Edit: When this answer was written, there was only AngularJS 1.x. Look in the answers below for Angular versions >= 2.

AngularJS does not have a command line tool.

You can get the version number from the JavaScript file itself.

Header of the current angular.js:

/**
 * @license AngularJS v1.0.6
 * (c) 2010-2012 Google, Inc. http://angularjs.org
 * License: MIT
 */
309
votes

For Angular 1 or 2 (but not for Angular 4+) :

you can also open the console on the developer tools of whatever browser you use and type angular.version to access the Javascript object that holds angular version.

Very useful when the script is minified with no header comment.

180
votes

For Angular 2+, in any modern browser having developper tools (F12) you can inspect the top level application tag.

For Internet Explorer 11 or Edge you can find information here :Angular version Number

Works for Angular 2+ Chrome browser

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Firefox firebug

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115
votes

If you are using angular-cli, then you can check it easily by typing

ng -v

or ng v in Angular 8, in Terminal or Bash. Note: Run the command within the project directory.

You should get something like this:

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.24
node: 7.4.0
os: darwin x64
@angular/common: 2.4.3
@angular/compiler: 2.4.3
@angular/core: 2.4.3
@angular/forms: 2.4.3
@angular/http: 2.4.3
@angular/platform-browser: 2.4.3
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 2.4.3
@angular/router: 3.4.3
@angular/compiler-cli: 2.4.3
77
votes

In the browser's developer console (press F12 to open it), you can type the following,

angular.version.full

it will give you the full version, e.g. (depending on your current version). [It actually gets the full property of angular.version object.]

"1.4.3"

So, to see the full object, if you type

angular.version

It will give you the full version object containing version information like full, major, minor and also the codeName, e.g.

Object {full: "1.4.3", major: 1, minor: 4, dot: 3, codeName: "foam-acceleration"}
39
votes

You could also check your package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^5.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "^5.0.0",
  }

(The caret ^ will update you to the most recent major version (the first number). ^4.3.0 will match any 4.x.x release including 4.4.0, but will hold off on 5.0.0. The tilde ~ matches the most recent minor version (the middle number). ~4.3.0 will match all 4.3.x versions, but will miss 4.4.0.)

24
votes

There are many way, you check angular version Just pent the comand prompt(for windows) and type

1. ng version
2. ng v
3. ng -v

check the angular version using comand line

4. You can pakage.json file

check the angular version on pakage.json file

5.You can check in browser by presing F12 then goto elements tab

check the angular version on your browser

Full understanding of subversion about(x.x.x) please see angular documentation angularJS and angular 2+

24
votes

Now it is ng -v

If you are useing angular cli then you can check useing

ng --version

Now it is ng -v

Or you can also check in

pakage.json file

 "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/common": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "^4.0.0",
    "angular-in-memory-web-api": "^0.3.2",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "rxjs": "^5.1.0",
    "zone.js": "^0.8.4"
  },
14
votes

To Angular 4, many of the options no longer work. Update July 2017 Two posibilities:

1) The simplest one is to open the package.json of our project and to check the versions used, among them the one of Angular.

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2) After executing ng serve, we open the inspector of elements of the explorer that we use and we can observe the version as in the following image.

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12
votes

Another way would be to import VERSION constant from @angular/core and then dumping to console with:

console.log(VERSION.full); //5.2.11

Works in:

Not sure about Angular 2 and 3. (if someone could test that; pages are not available)


For AngularJS 1.x use angular.version:

console.log(angular.version); //1.7.4
8
votes

If you are using angular-cli, simply use command:

ng v
8
votes

Just Run ng v in command

You will get result like

Angular CLI: 7.3.9
Node: 12.11.0
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 7.2.15
... common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, f
... language-service, platform-browser, pla
... router

Package                           Version
-------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.13.9
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.13.9
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.13.9
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.13.9
@angular-devkit/core              7.3.9
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.3.9
@angular/cli                      7.3.9
@ngtools/webpack                  7.3.9
@schematics/angular               8.0.0
@schematics/update                0.13.9
rxjs                              6.5.3
typescript                        3.1.6
webpack                           4.29.0
6
votes

Attention: The following only checks the Angular-CLI version!!!:

Both commands work:

ng -v

or

ng v

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6
votes

For angular 4+ use,

  • ng version
  • ng v

Please note ng -v option does not work in Angular 7+.

6
votes

For Angular 1 or 2 (but not for Angular 4+):

You can also open the console and go to the element tab on the developer tools of whatever browser you use.

Or

Type angular.version to access the Javascript object that holds angular version.

For Angular 4+ There is are the number of ways as listed below :

Write below code in the command prompt/or in the terminal in the VS Code.(up to 3)

  1. ng version or ng --version (Find the image for the reference)
  2. ng v
  3. ng -v

In the terminal you can find the angular version as shown in the attached image : enter image description here

  1. You can also open the console and go to the element tab on the developer tools of whatever browser you use. As displayed in the below image :

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  1. Find the package.json file, You will find all the installed dependencies and their version.
4
votes

If you are using VS Code editor .

Go to Explorer panel on left side -> find package.json & open it -> under dependencies find @angular/core.

This is your angular version as core is the main feature

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4
votes

For AngularJS - Use angular.version

console.log(angular.version);
<script src="//unpkg.com/angular/angular.js"></script>

For more information, see

3
votes

There are multiple ways:

  1. You may verify it from your package.json file
  2. You use the following command:

ng --version

The command above will result in the following output:

Angular CLI: 7.0.3

Node: 9.4.0

OS: darwin x64

Angular: 7.0.1

... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms

... http, language-service, platform-browser

... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version


@angular-devkit/architect 0.10.3

@angular-devkit/build-angular 0.10.3

@angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.10.3

@angular-devkit/build-webpack 0.10.3

@angular-devkit/core 7.0.3

@angular-devkit/schematics 7.0.3

@angular/cli 7.0.3

@ngtools/webpack 7.0.3

@schematics/angular 7.0.3

@schematics/update 0.10.3

rxjs 6.3.3

typescript 3.1.4

webpack 4.19.1

So, the version of Angular, Angular CLI, Node and many other packages can be verified from here.

2
votes

On your project folder, open the command terminal and type

ng -v

it will give you a list of items, in that you will be able to see the angular version. See the screenshot.

version details

2
votes

version after angular 2 you can use from terminal,

ng -v



    _                      _                 ____ _     ___
   / \   _ __   __ _ _   _| | __ _ _ __     / ___| |   |_ _|
  / △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__|   | |   | |    | |
 / ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | |      | |___| |___ | |
/_/   \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_|       \____|_____|___|
               |___/

Angular CLI: 1.7.3
Node: 9.3.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 5.2.9
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cli: 1.7.3
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.3.2
@angular-devkit/core: 0.3.2
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.3.2
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.2.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.10.2
@schematics/angular: 0.3.2
@schematics/package-update: 0.3.2
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.11.0
mohideen@root:~/apps/UI$ 
1
votes

just go to your angular project directory via terminal and ng -v give all information like this

Angular CLI: 1.7.4
Node: 8.11.1
OS: linux x64
Angular: 5.2.11
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cli: 1.7.4
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.3.2
@angular-devkit/core: 0.3.2
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.3.2
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.2.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.10.2
@schematics/angular: 0.3.2
@schematics/package-update: 0.3.2
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.11.0

If you check ng-v outside angular project directoty then it will show only angular-cli version.

1
votes

enter image description hereIn the new version of angular cli the [ng -v] will not work.yoy have to type [ng version].

1
votes

You can also check it by inspecting the elements on the page:

  1. press F12 to open Browser's developer tools.

  2. Inspect an Element.

  3. Expand Body

  4. You will see the version of Angular, like the following:

ng-version="4.3.6"

0
votes

It will be Here..

../project_name/bower_components/angular/angular.js

/**
 * @license AngularJS v1.0.6
 * (c) 2010-2012 Google, Inc. http://angularjs.org
 * License: MIT
 */
0
votes

you can just type ng version thats it

0
votes

It's very simple, you can see in package.json file

0
votes

Same like above answer, you can check in browser by inspecting element, if it is AngularJS we can see something like below.

The ng-app directive tells AngularJS that this is the root element of the AngularJS application.

All AngularJS applications must have a root element.

0
votes

For angular JS you can find it on angular-animate.js file as below:

/** * @license AngularJS v1.4.8 * (c) 2010-2015 Google, Inc. http://angularjs.org * License: MIT */

0
votes

For Angular 2+

Inspect Element (Ctrl + Shift + I)

goTo Elements section and scroll to <app-root> tag (refer picture below)

inspectElement