diff --git a/inc/Ui/Admin.php b/inc/Ui/Admin.php
index 9e300d8353..d4cd9bab25 100644
--- a/inc/Ui/Admin.php
+++ b/inc/Ui/Admin.php
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ protected function showVersion()
     {
         echo '<div id="admin__version">';
         echo getVersion();
+        echo '<br>';
+        echo join('<br>', array_values(getRuntimeVersions()));
         echo '</div>';
     }
 
diff --git a/inc/infoutils.php b/inc/infoutils.php
index cba972f9eb..cc8bf1976c 100644
--- a/inc/infoutils.php
+++ b/inc/infoutils.php
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
  * @author     Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
  */
 
+use dokuwiki\Debug\DebugHelper;
 use dokuwiki\Extension\AuthPlugin;
 use dokuwiki\Extension\Event;
-use dokuwiki\Utf8\PhpString;
-use dokuwiki\Debug\DebugHelper;
 use dokuwiki\HTTP\DokuHTTPClient;
 use dokuwiki\Logger;
+use dokuwiki\Utf8\PhpString;
 
 if (!defined('DOKU_MESSAGEURL')) {
     if (in_array('ssl', stream_get_transports())) {
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ function getVersionData()
  * If no version can be determined "snapshot? update version XX" is returned.
  * Where XX represents the update version number set in doku.php.
  *
- * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
  * @return string The version string e.g. "Release 2023-04-04a"
+ * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
  */
 function getVersion()
 {
@@ -164,6 +164,60 @@ function getVersion()
     return $version['type'] . ' ' . $version['date'] . $sha;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get some data about the environment this wiki is running in
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+function getRuntimeVersions()
+{
+    $data = [];
+    $data['php'] = 'PHP ' . PHP_VERSION;
+
+    $osRelease = getOsRelease();
+    if (isset($osRelease['PRETTY_NAME'])) {
+        $data['dist'] = $osRelease['PRETTY_NAME'];
+    }
+
+    $data['os'] = php_uname('s') . ' ' . php_uname('r');
+    $data['sapi'] = PHP_SAPI;
+
+    if (getenv('KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST')) {
+        $data['container'] = 'Kubernetes';
+    } elseif (file_exists('/.dockerenv')) {
+        $data['container'] = 'Docker';
+    }
+
+    return $data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get informational data about the linux distribution this wiki is running on
+ *
+ * @see https://gist.github.com/natefoo/814c5bf936922dad97ff
+ * @return array an os-release array, might be empty
+ */
+function getOsRelease()
+{
+    $osRelease = [];
+    if (file_exists('/etc/os-release')) {
+        // pretty much any common Linux distribution has this
+        $osRelease = parse_ini_file('/etc/os-release');
+    } elseif (file_exists('/etc/synoinfo.conf') && file_exists('/etc/VERSION')) {
+        // Synology DSM has its own way
+        $synoInfo = parse_ini_file('/usr/lib/synoinfo.conf');
+        $synoVersion = parse_ini_file('/etc/VERSION');
+        $osRelease['NAME'] = 'Synology DSM';
+        $osRelease['ID'] = 'synology';
+        $osRelease['ID_LIKE'] = 'linux';
+        $osRelease['VERSION_ID'] = $synoVersion['productversion'];
+        $osRelease['VERSION'] = $synoVersion['productversion'];
+        $osRelease['SYNO_MODEL'] = $synoInfo['upnpmodelname'];
+        $osRelease['PRETTY_NAME'] = join(' ', [$osRelease['NAME'], $osRelease['VERSION'], $osRelease['SYNO_MODEL']]);
+    }
+    return $osRelease;
+}
+
 /**
  * Run a few sanity checks
  *