matthewhudson/current-device

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A lightweight JavaScript/TypeScript library that detects the device's operating system, type (mobile/tablet/desktop), and orientation, exposing a simple JS API and automatically adding conditional CSS classes to the <html> element. It supports iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows, macOS, Firefox OS, MeeGo, and more.

Use cases

• detect if user is on mobile or tablet in javascript
• apply conditional css based on device operating system
• detect portrait vs landscape orientation in browser
• add device-specific css classes to html element
• serve different styles for ios vs android
• run mobile-specific javascript logic
• detect device type in typescript

When to choose

• you need simple client-side device detection with zero configuration
• you want both a JavaScript API and automatic CSS classes from one small library
• you need orientation change callbacks for responsive behavior
• you want TypeScript types included out of the box

When to avoid

• you need server-side or user-agent-string-based detection with detailed device metadata
• you only need responsive layouts, which CSS media queries handle natively
• you require feature detection rather than device detection
• you need detection of specific browsers or browser versions

Facets

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ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend mobile-development browser device-detection css-classes responsive-design user-agent mobile-web typescript javascript nodejs

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