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# cockroach version

To view version details for a specific `cockroach` binary, run the `cockroach version` [command](/docs/stable/cockroach-commands.md), or run `cockroach --version`:

```shell theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-mocha","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
$ cockroach version
```

```
Build Tag:
Build Time:
Distribution:     CCL
Platform:         darwin amd64 (x86_64-apple-darwin19)
Go Version:       go1.15.11
C Compiler:       Clang 10.0.0
Build Commit ID:  ac916850f403f083ea62e2b0dfdfecbbeaaa4d05
Build Type:       release
```

## Response

The `cockroach version` command outputs the following fields:

| Field | Description |
| - | - |
| `Build Tag` | The CockroachDB version.  To return just the build tag, use `cockroach version --build-tag`. |
| `Build Time` | The date and time when the binary was built. |
| `Distribution` | The scope of the binary. If `CCL`, the binary contains functionality covered by both the CockroachDB Community License (CCL) and the Business Source License (BSL). If `OSS`, the binary contains only functionality covered by the Apache 2.0 license. The v19.2 release converts to Apache 2.0 as of Oct 1, 2022, at which time you can use the `make buildoss` command to build a pure open-source binary. For more details about licensing, see the [Licensing FAQs](/docs/stable/licensing-faqs.md). |
| `Platform` | The platform that the binary can run on. |
| `Go Version` | The version of Go in which the source code is written. |
| `C Compiler` | The C compiler used to build the binary. |
| `Build Commit ID` | The SHA-1 hash of the commit used to build the binary. |
| `Build Type` | The type of release. If `release`, `release-gnu`, or `release-musl`, the binary is for a production [release](/docs/releases.md). If `development`, the binary is for a testing release. |

## See also

* [Install CockroachDB](/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb.md)
* [`cockroach` Commands Overview](/docs/stable/cockroach-commands)