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Opera GX ​

  • Developer: Opera
  • Development Status: Active
  • Released: 2019
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
  • Type: Browser
  • Rendering Engine: Blink (desktop and Android), WebKit (iOS)

Overview ​

Opera GX is an Opera web browser designed for gamers.

Desktop ​

UAParser.js detects these Opera products, editions, and historical mobile names separately:

BrowserDescription
OperaOpera's main cross-platform browser.
Opera GXOpera's gaming-focused browser.
Opera MiniOpera's mobile browser focused on saving data.
Opera MobileThe former mobile browser detected as Opera Mobi by UAParser.js.
Opera TabletThe former tablet version of Opera Mobile.
Opera TouchOpera's mobile browser later renamed Opera Browser.
Opera CoastOpera's discontinued touch-focused mobile browser.
Opera NeonOpera's experimental concept browser.

User-Agent Examples ​

Windows ​
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36 OPR/60.0.3255.50747 OPRGX/60.0.3255.50747

Mobile ​

Android ​
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; Redmi Note 8 Pro Build/QP1A.190711.020) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.5790.168 Mobile Safari/537.36 OPX/2

Code Example ​

js
import { UAParser } from 'ua-parser-js';
import { BrowserName } from 'ua-parser-js/enums';

const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36 OPR/60.0.3255.50747 OPRGX/60.0.3255.50747';

const browser = parser.setUA(ua).getBrowser();

console.log(browser);
// {name: "Opera GX", version: "60.0.3255.50747", major: "60"}

console.log(browser.is(BrowserName.OPERA_GX));
// true

UAParser.js v2 is licensed under AGPLv3 or PRO licenses.