# Runtime version

Applications can read their embedded version through the public `buildinfo`
package:

```go
import "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/buildinfo"

version := buildinfo.Version()
```

`Version` returns the identifier injected into the executable when present.
Otherwise it returns the executable's main module version when that metadata is
available and is not `(devel)`. It returns `dev` when neither source provides a
release identifier. Applications should use this accessor for version output;
the runtime implementation and ReleaseKit's builder own the injection detail.