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Browscap.org is the download site for the Browser Capabilities Project. Its core offering is browscap data files, which are used to identify browsers, crawlers, platforms, device types, mobile/tablet attributes, rendering engines, and some browser capabilities based on User-Agent strings. The page shows the latest version as 6001008, released on February 19, 2025.
It provides INI files for both ASP and PHP, with standard, full, and lite variants: lite is suitable for most websites, while full includes more new attributes but is larger in size. It also offers XML, CSV, JSON, and ZIP formats. CSV can be imported into Access, Excel, and MySQL, while JSON is typically used with JavaScript. The official project states that only browscap-php is formally supported; libraries are available for Perl, Python, ASP, C#, Pascal, ColdFusion, Ruby, Java, and other languages, but they are outside the scope of official support.
The text does not mention pricing or commercial plans, so it can only be considered unspecified / possibly free to use. One important limitation is the fair use policy for downloads: a maximum of 30 files per hour is allowed. Exceeding this limit results in a temporary 1-hour ban; more than 5 temporary bans within 3 days will lead to a permanent ban. The version-check endpoints /version and /version-number are not affected by rate limiting, and the official recommendation is to compare versions before downloading.
The strengths are its very broad format support, making it suitable for self-hosted and offline parsing; its relatively granular fields, covering use cases such as crawlers, devices, platforms, and rendering engines; and the ability to report missing User-Agents via the GitHub tracker. The drawbacks are that official support is concentrated on PHP, while other languages mainly rely on the community; historical version files are not provided; download rate limits are relatively strict, making frequent direct pulls in production unsuitable; and the page does not show SLA, license, or commercial support information.
It is suitable for development teams that need local User-Agent parsing, log analysis, crawler identification, and device-based routing, especially in PHP or IIS/ASP environments. Access from China is not covered in the text, so it is considered unknown. If access is unstable, alternatives such as ua-parser, WURFL, 51Degrees, and DeviceAtlas may be worth considering.
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browscap.org is an Unknown Dev Tools provider. TG4G tracks its product information, an overall rating of 7.0/10, and a China-accessibility score of China direct-connect friendly. Click "Visit Official Site" to reach browscap.org directly.