I installed the @angular/cli
package via npm using:
npm install -g @angular/cli
The version 1.4.2 of @angular/cli
has been successfully installed. That is not the Angular version, but the CLI version.
After running ng new myapp
how can I check which Angular version the created app is using? 2.x, 4.x?
ng version
You installed angular cli globally (-g in the command). This means that you can type ng version
into your command prompt. It may be more precise to do this when your command prompt is not within a npm controlled directory (you should type this in within directory you typed ng new myapp
).
A note to those who got here from Google: ng version
will let you know which (coarse) version of Angular is referenced by the current directory. e.g. This directory appears to have angular 4.x (~4.3.0) installed.
@angular/cli: 1.2.1
node: 8.11.1
os: win32 x64
@angular/common: 4.3.0
@angular/compiler: 4.3.0
@angular/core: 4.3.0
@angular/forms: 4.3.0
@angular/http: 4.3.0
@angular/platform-browser: 4.3.0
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 4.3.0
@angular/router: 4.3.0
@angular/cli: 1.2.1
@angular/compiler-cli: 4.3.0
If you are not within a directory which has a packages.config, then you will get Angular: ...
.
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)
ng version or ng --version (Find the image for the reference) ng v ng -v
https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZOgY9.png
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 :
https://i.stack.imgur.com/KnyUq.png
Find the package.json file, You will find all the installed dependencies and their version.
You should check package.json file in the project. There you will see all packages installed and versions of those packages.
In Command line we can check our installed ng version.
ng -v OR ng --version OR ng version
This will give you like this :
_ _ ____ _ ___
/ \ _ __ __ _ _ _| | __ _ _ __ / ___| | |_ _|
/ △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__| | | | | | |
/ ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | | | |___| |___ | |
/_/ \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_| \____|_____|___|
|___/
Angular CLI: 1.6.5
Node: 8.0.0
OS: linux x64
Angular:
...
Angular:
..... shouldn't it display the version there?
ng v
Simply run the command above in terminal.
Use one of these commands in the terminal (with the Angular CLI installed already):
$ ng --version
or
$ ng v
But note that depending on the folder you are in, you will get different results.
If you are NOT in an angular project folder, then will see a result like this with no clearly stated Angular: version
line, unless referring to the angular core
in the package block (as the version) :)
Angular CLI: 11.0.4
Node: 14.15.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular:
...
Ivy Workspace:
Package Version
------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect 0.1100.4 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/core 11.0.4 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/schematics 11.0.4 (cli-only)
@schematics/angular 11.0.4 (cli-only)
@schematics/update 0.1100.4 (cli-only)
And if you run the command IN an angular project folder, you will see a similar result like this with the Angular: 8.2.14
clearly stated (plus some dots).
Angular CLI: 8.3.29
Node: 14.15.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 8.2.14
... core
Package Version
-------------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect 0.803.29
@angular-devkit/core 8.3.29
@angular-devkit/schematics 8.3.29
@angular/cli 8.3.29
@angular/common 2.4.10
@angular/compiler 2.4.10
@angular/compiler-cli 2.4.10
@angular/forms 2.4.10
@angular/http 2.4.10
@angular/platform-browser 2.4.10
@angular/router 3.4.10
...
I think the answer given by D. Squire was accurate, but possibly only a tad vague. If you change directories to a project and then type ng --version, it will display the angular version in the project. If done from a default directory (not within a project), you will only get the Angular CLI version, which is probably not what you are looking for and will give the output shown by Vik2696.
$ cd my-project
$ ng --version // done within project directory
Angular CLI: 1.6.8
Node: 8.9.4
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.2.5
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router
@angular/cli: 1.6.8
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.0.42
@angular-devkit/core: 0.0.29
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.0.52
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.1.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.9.8
@schematics/angular: 0.1.17
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.10.0
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
https://i.stack.imgur.com/4C6h0.jpg
4. You can pakage.json file
https://i.stack.imgur.com/xR13E.jpg
5.You can check in browser by presing F12 then goto elements tab
https://i.stack.imgur.com/4TIFN.jpg
Full understanding of subversion about(x.x.x) please see angular documentation angularJS and angular 2+
Angular CLI ng v does output few more thing than just the version.
If you only want the version from it the you can add pipe grep and filter for angular like:
ng v | grep 'Angular:'
OUTPUT:
Angular: #.#.# <-- VERSION
For this, I have an alias which is
alias ngv='ng v | grep 'Angular:''
Then just use ngv
run ng version
then simply check the version of angular core package.
@angular/cli: 1.2.6
node: 8.11.1
os: win32 x64
@angular/animations: 4.3.2
@angular/common: 4.3.2
@angular/compiler: 4.3.2
**@angular/core: 4.3.2**
@angular/forms: 4.3.2
In the terminal type in either ng -v
or ng --version
.
ng v ng --v
you shall see something like the following:
Angular CLI: 7.3.8
Node: 10.15.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.2.10
... animations, common, compiler, core, forms, http
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router
Angular version is in line 4 above
ng --version command returns the details of the version of Angular CLI installed
From angular 7 on-wards the following two commands are working
ng --version
ng version
First install the Angular/cli globally in machine. to install the angular/cli run the command npm install -g @angular/cli
https://i.stack.imgur.com/LVw4W.png
check the Command Prompt
ng --version OR ng version OR ng -v
To get just the Angular CLI version number with Powershell on Windows try:
ng v | Select-String -Pattern 'Angular CLI'
Example output: Angular CLI: 9.1.9
ng --version
you can watch this vidio to install the latest angular version. https://youtu.be/zqHqMAWqpD8
my 2 cents, in Angular 9 (didn't check older versions) you can find angular version in root div attributes and this is how I show current version in app-root component (extract and save it in my Global's for use in other components:
import { Component, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";
....
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: `<div>
<h1>TestApp: .NetCore3.1 + PostgreSql 12 + Angular {{ngVersion}}</h1>
</div>
....
`
})
export class AppComponent {
ngVersion: string;
constructor(private router: Router, private el: ElementRef) {
....
//read ng-verion and save it in Global's
Global.ngVersion = this.el.nativeElement.getAttribute("ng-version");
this.ngVersion = Global.ngVersion.substring(0, 1);
....
}
}
Success story sharing
ng version
does provide de Angular version if you are on the project folder.