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According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations for detection of API compatibility across software versions are provided. The operations may include receiving an input associated with a software application. The operations may further include determining first information. The operations may further include extracting a set of data from one or more web-based sources based on the determined first information. The operations may further include executing a set of operations including one or more pattern searching operations on the extracted set of data to generate a compatibility result. The operations may further include controlling a display device based on the generated compatibility result. The display device may be controlled to display assistive information which informs about a compatibility of the one or more APIs or the functions used in the source code of the software application with respect to the second version of the software.