diff --git a/plugins/AnnounceLocal/AnnounceLocalPlugin.py b/plugins/AnnounceLocal/AnnounceLocalPlugin.py
index b9225966..2034a436 100644
--- a/plugins/AnnounceLocal/AnnounceLocalPlugin.py
+++ b/plugins/AnnounceLocal/AnnounceLocalPlugin.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class LocalAnnouncer(BroadcastServer.BroadcastServer):
         self.sender_info["peer_id"] = self.server.peer_id
         self.sender_info["port"] = self.server.port
         self.sender_info["broadcast_port"] = listen_port
-        self.sender_info["rev"] = config.rev
+        self.sender_info["rev"] = config.user_agent_rev
 
         self.known_peers = {}
         self.last_discover = 0
diff --git a/plugins/Stats/StatsPlugin.py b/plugins/Stats/StatsPlugin.py
index 32fd06c5..be692ecf 100644
--- a/plugins/Stats/StatsPlugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Stats/StatsPlugin.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class UiRequestPlugin(object):
         from Crypt import CryptConnection
 
         # Memory
-        yield "rev%s | " % config.rev
+        yield f'{config.version_full} | '
         yield "%s | " % main.file_server.ip_external_list
         yield "Port: %s | " % main.file_server.port
         yield "Network: %s | " % main.file_server.supported_ip_types
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class ActionsPlugin:
         yield "\n"
 
         yield from self.formatTable(
-            ["ZeroNet version:", "%s rev%s" % (config.version, config.rev)],
+            ["zeronet-conservancy version:", config.version_full],
             ["Python:", "%s" % sys.version],
             ["Platform:", "%s" % sys.platform],
             ["Crypt verify lib:", "%s" % CryptBitcoin.lib_verify_best],
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9eb9fc9..c5ecfae2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ defusedxml>=0.7
 pyaes
 requests
 ipython>=8
+GitPython
diff --git a/src/Config.py b/src/Config.py
index fee378d0..8a847bf3 100644
--- a/src/Config.py
+++ b/src/Config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import sys
 import os
+import platform
 import locale
 import re
 import configparser
@@ -9,13 +10,25 @@ import logging.handlers
 import stat
 import time
 
-class Config(object):
+class Config:
 
     def __init__(self, argv):
+        try:
+            from . import Build
+        except ImportError:
+            print('cannot find build')
+            from .util import Git
+            self.build_type = 'source'
+            self.branch = Git.branch() or 'unknown'
+            self.commit = Git.commit() or 'unknown'
+        else:
+            self.build_type = Build.build_type
+            self.branch = Build.branch
+            self.commit = Build.commit
         self.version = "0.7.10+"
+        self.version_full = f'{self.version} ({self.build_type} from {self.branch}-{self.commit})'
         self.user_agent = "conservancy"
-        # DEPRECATED ; replace with git-generated commit
-        self.rev = 5140
+        # for compatibility
         self.user_agent_rev = 8192
         self.argv = argv
         self.action = None
@@ -306,7 +319,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self.parser.add_argument('--tor-hs-port', help='Hidden service port in Tor always mode', metavar='limit', type=int, default=15441)
 
         self.parser.add_argument('--repl', help='Instead of printing logs in console, drop into REPL after initialization', action='store_true')
-        self.parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f'zeronet-conservancy {self.version} r{self.rev}')
+        self.parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f'zeronet-conservancy {self.version_full}')
         self.parser.add_argument('--end', help='Stop multi value argument parsing', action='store_true')
 
         return self.parser
diff --git a/src/Plugin/PluginManager.py b/src/Plugin/PluginManager.py
index 5855c842..ab0940e8 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/PluginManager.py
+++ b/src/Plugin/PluginManager.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class PluginManager:
         self.pluggable = {}
         self.plugin_names = []  # Loaded plugin names
         self.plugins_updated = {}  # List of updated plugins since restart
-        self.plugins_rev = {}  # Installed plugins revision numbers
         self.after_load = []   # Execute functions after loaded plugins
         self.function_flags = {}  # Flag function for permissions
         self.reloading = False
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ class PluginManager:
             plugin["dir_path"] = dir_path
             plugin["inner_path"] = plugin_name
             plugin["enabled"] = is_enabled
-            plugin["rev"] = config.rev
             plugin["loaded"] = plugin_name in self.plugin_names
             plugins.append(plugin)
 
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ class PluginManager:
         for plugin in self.listPlugins():
             self.log.debug("Loading plugin: %s (%s)" % (plugin["name"], plugin["source"]))
             if plugin["source"] != "builtin":
-                self.plugins_rev[plugin["name"]] = plugin["rev"]
                 site_plugin_dir = os.path.dirname(plugin["dir_path"])
                 if site_plugin_dir not in sys.path:
                     sys.path.append(site_plugin_dir)
diff --git a/src/Site/Site.py b/src/Site/Site.py
index ae2be36a..ad0e3ca2 100644
--- a/src/Site/Site.py
+++ b/src/Site/Site.py
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ class Site(object):
         num_connected_peers = len(peers)
 
         random.shuffle(peers)
-        peers = sorted(peers, key=lambda peer: peer.connection.handshake.get("rev", 0) < config.rev - 100)  # Prefer newer clients
 
         if len(peers) < limit * 2 and len(self.peers) > len(peers):  # Add more, non-connected peers if necessary
             peers += self.getRecentPeers(limit * 2)
diff --git a/src/Ui/UiRequest.py b/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
index 17e63c9b..2b06661d 100644
--- a/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
+++ b/src/Ui/UiRequest.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ class UiRequest:
             permissions=json.dumps(site.settings["permissions"]),
             show_loadingscreen=json.dumps(show_loadingscreen),
             sandbox_permissions=sandbox_permissions,
-            rev=config.rev,
+            rev=config.commit,
             lang=config.language,
             homepage=homepage,
             themeclass=themeclass,
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ class UiRequest:
 
         if details and config.debug:
             details = {key: val for key, val in list(self.env.items()) if hasattr(val, "endswith") and "COOKIE" not in key}
-            details["version_zeronet"] = "%s r%s" % (config.version, config.rev)
+            details["version_zeronet"] = config.version_full
             details["version_python"] = sys.version
             details["version_gevent"] = gevent.__version__
             details["plugins"] = PluginManager.plugin_manager.plugin_names
diff --git a/src/Ui/UiWebsocket.py b/src/Ui/UiWebsocket.py
index e6f2f405..086e4444 100644
--- a/src/Ui/UiWebsocket.py
+++ b/src/Ui/UiWebsocket.py
@@ -328,13 +328,15 @@ class UiWebsocket(object):
                 'ui_ip' : config.ui_ip,
                 'ui_port' : config.ui_port,
                 'version' : config.version,
-                'rev' : config.rev,
+                # Some legacy code relies on this being an integer, so lets return dummy one
+                'rev' : config.user_agent_rev,
                 'timecorrection' : file_server.timecorrection,
                 'language' : config.language,
                 'debug' : config.debug,
                 'offline' : config.offline,
                 'plugins' : PluginManager.plugin_manager.plugin_names,
-                'plugins_rev' : PluginManager.plugin_manager.plugins_rev,
+                # For compat only
+                'plugins_rev' : {},
                 'user_settings' : self.user.settings,
                 'lib_verify_best' : CryptBitcoin.lib_verify_best
             }
diff --git a/src/buildinfo.py b/src/buildinfo.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..38de4cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buildinfo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+##  Copyright (c) 2023 caryoscelus
+##
+##  zeronet-conservancy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+##  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+##  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+##  zeronet-conservancy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+##  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+##  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+##  details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## zeronet-conservancy. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+"""A small script to generate build info"""
+
+from util import Git
+
+import sys
+
+def main(argv):
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        print(f'Useage: {argv[0]} <build-type>')
+        print('Known build types:')
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        writeBuildInfo(argv[1])
+
+def writeBuildInfo(build_type):
+    bvars = {
+        'build_type': build_type,
+        'branch': Git.branch(),
+        'commit': Git.commit(),
+    }
+    code = '\n'.join(f'{var} = {repr(val)}' for var, val in bvars.items())
+    content = \
+        '# auto-generated by buildinfo.py\n' \
+        '# This file should not persist in git tree\n' + code + '\n'
+    with open('src/Build.py', 'w') as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from sys import argv
+    main(argv)
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 3c526b85..b7fd6e8b 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ elif config.bind:
 @PluginManager.acceptPlugins
 class Actions:
     def call(self, function_name, kwargs):
-        logging.info("Version: %s r%s, Python %s, Gevent: %s" % (config.version, config.rev, sys.version, gevent.__version__))
+        logging.info(f'zeronet-conservancy {config.version_full} on Python {sys.version} Gevent {gevent.__version__}')
 
         func = getattr(self, function_name, None)
         back = func(**kwargs)
diff --git a/src/util/Git.py b/src/util/Git.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b60d396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/Git.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+##  Copyright (c) 2023 caryoscelus
+##
+##  zeronet-conservancy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+##  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+##  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+##  zeronet-conservancy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+##  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+##  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+##  details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## zeronet-conservancy. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+"""Git-related operations
+
+Currently this is only to retrieve git revision for debug purposes, but later on we might
+also want to use it for updates.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+global git
+
+try:
+    import git
+except ImportError:
+    git = None
+else:
+    try:
+        global _repo
+        up = os.path.dirname
+        root = up(up(up(__file__)))
+        print(root)
+        _repo = git.Repo(root)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print("Caught exception while trying to detect git repo.")
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        git = None
+
+def _gitted(f):
+    if git:
+        return f
+    else:
+        return lambda *args, **kwargs: None
+
+@_gitted
+def commit() -> str:
+    """Returns git revision, possibly suffixed with -dirty"""
+    dirty = '-dirty' if _repo.is_dirty() else ''
+    return f'{_repo.head.commit}{dirty}'
+
+@_gitted
+def branch() -> Optional[str]:
+    """Returns current git branch if any"""
+    try:
+        return str(_repo.active_branch)
+    except TypeError:
+        return None