diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index 00e3e3e9edac..ebd5f0db8e67 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -5508,200 +5508,204 @@ void QgisApp::about()
   if ( !sAbt )
   {
     sAbt = new QgsAbout( this );
-    QString versionString = QStringLiteral( "<div align='center'><table width='100%'>" );
+    sAbt->setVersion( QgisApp::getVersionString() );
+  }
+  sAbt->show();
+  sAbt->raise();
+  sAbt->activateWindow();
+}
 
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<tr><td colspan=\"2\"><b>%1</b></td>" ).arg( tr( "Libraries" ) );
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<tr><td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QGIS version" ), Qgis::version() );
+QString QgisApp::getVersionString()
+{
+  QString versionString = QStringLiteral( "<table width='100%' align='center'>" );
 
-    if ( QString( Qgis::devVersion() ) == QLatin1String( "exported" ) )
-    {
-      versionString += tr( "QGIS code branch" );
-      if ( Qgis::version().endsWith( QLatin1String( "Master" ) ) )
-      {
-        versionString += QLatin1String( "<td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/tree/master\">master</a></td>" );
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/tree/release-%1_%2\">Release %1.%2</a></td>" )
-                         .arg( Qgis::versionInt() / 10000 ).arg( Qgis::versionInt() / 100 % 100 );
-      }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/%2\">%2</a></td>" ).arg( tr( "QGIS code revision" ), Qgis::devVersion() );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<tr><td colspan=\"2\"><b>%1</b></td>" ).arg( tr( "Libraries" ) );
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<tr><td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QGIS version" ), Qgis::version() );
 
-    // Qt version
-    const QString qtVersionCompiled{ QT_VERSION_STR };
-    const QString qtVersionRunning{ qVersion() };
-    if ( qtVersionCompiled != qtVersionRunning )
+  if ( QString( Qgis::devVersion() ) == QLatin1String( "exported" ) )
+  {
+    versionString += tr( "QGIS code branch" );
+    if ( Qgis::version().endsWith( QLatin1String( "Master" ) ) )
     {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against Qt" ), qtVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against Qt" ), qtVersionRunning );
+      versionString += QLatin1String( "<td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/tree/master\">master</a></td>" );
     }
     else
     {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Qt version" ), qtVersionCompiled );
+      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/tree/release-%1_%2\">Release %1.%2</a></td>" )
+                       .arg( Qgis::versionInt() / 10000 ).arg( Qgis::versionInt() / 100 % 100 );
     }
+  }
+  else
+  {
     versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td><a href=\"https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/%2\">%2</a></td>" ).arg( tr( "QGIS code revision" ), Qgis::devVersion() );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // Python version
-    QString pythonVersion;
-    QgsPythonRunner::run( QStringLiteral( "import platform" ) );
-    QgsPythonRunner::eval( QStringLiteral( "platform.python_version()" ), pythonVersion );
-    if ( pythonVersion != PYTHON_VERSION )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against Python" ), PYTHON_VERSION );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against Python" ), pythonVersion );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Python version" ), PYTHON_VERSION );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // Qt version
+  const QString qtVersionCompiled{ QT_VERSION_STR };
+  const QString qtVersionRunning{ qVersion() };
+  if ( qtVersionCompiled != qtVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against Qt" ), qtVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against Qt" ), qtVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Qt version" ), qtVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // GDAL version
-    const QString gdalVersionCompiled { GDAL_RELEASE_NAME };
-    const QString gdalVersionRunning { GDALVersionInfo( "RELEASE_NAME" ) };
-    if ( gdalVersionCompiled != gdalVersionRunning )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against GDAL/OGR" ), gdalVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against GDAL/OGR" ), gdalVersionRunning );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "GDAL/OGR version" ), gdalVersionCompiled );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // Python version
+  QString pythonVersion;
+  QgsPythonRunner::run( QStringLiteral( "import platform" ) );
+  QgsPythonRunner::eval( QStringLiteral( "platform.python_version()" ), pythonVersion );
+  if ( pythonVersion != PYTHON_VERSION )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against Python" ), PYTHON_VERSION );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against Python" ), pythonVersion );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Python version" ), PYTHON_VERSION );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // proj
-    PJ_INFO info = proj_info();
-    const QString projVersionCompiled { QStringLiteral( "%1.%2.%3" ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_MAJOR ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_MINOR ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_PATCH ) };
-    const QString projVersionRunning { info.version };
-    if ( projVersionCompiled != projVersionRunning )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against PROJ" ), projVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against PROJ" ), projVersionRunning );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "PROJ version" ), projVersionCompiled );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // GDAL version
+  const QString gdalVersionCompiled { GDAL_RELEASE_NAME };
+  const QString gdalVersionRunning { GDALVersionInfo( "RELEASE_NAME" ) };
+  if ( gdalVersionCompiled != gdalVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against GDAL/OGR" ), gdalVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against GDAL/OGR" ), gdalVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "GDAL/OGR version" ), gdalVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // CRS database versions
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2 (%3)</td>" ).arg( tr( "EPSG Registry database version" ), QgsProjUtils::epsgRegistryVersion(), QgsProjUtils::epsgRegistryDate().toString( Qt::ISODate ) );
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // proj
+  PJ_INFO info = proj_info();
+  const QString projVersionCompiled { QStringLiteral( "%1.%2.%3" ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_MAJOR ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_MINOR ).arg( PROJ_VERSION_PATCH ) };
+  const QString projVersionRunning { info.version };
+  if ( projVersionCompiled != projVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against PROJ" ), projVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against PROJ" ), projVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "PROJ version" ), projVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // GEOS version
-    const QString geosVersionCompiled { GEOS_CAPI_VERSION };
-    const QString geosVersionRunning { GEOSversion() };
-    if ( geosVersionCompiled != geosVersionRunning )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against GEOS" ), geosVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against GEOS" ), geosVersionRunning );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "GEOS version" ), geosVersionCompiled );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // CRS database versions
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2 (%3)</td>" ).arg( tr( "EPSG Registry database version" ), QgsProjUtils::epsgRegistryVersion(), QgsProjUtils::epsgRegistryDate().toString( Qt::ISODate ) );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // SQLite version
-    const QString sqliteVersionCompiled { SQLITE_VERSION };
-    const QString sqliteVersionRunning { sqlite3_libversion() };
-    if ( sqliteVersionCompiled != sqliteVersionRunning )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against SQLite" ), sqliteVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against SQLite" ), sqliteVersionRunning );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "SQLite version" ), sqliteVersionCompiled );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // GEOS version
+  const QString geosVersionCompiled { GEOS_CAPI_VERSION };
+  const QString geosVersionRunning { GEOSversion() };
+  if ( geosVersionCompiled != geosVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against GEOS" ), geosVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against GEOS" ), geosVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "GEOS version" ), geosVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+
+  // SQLite version
+  const QString sqliteVersionCompiled { SQLITE_VERSION };
+  const QString sqliteVersionRunning { sqlite3_libversion() };
+  if ( sqliteVersionCompiled != sqliteVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against SQLite" ), sqliteVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against SQLite" ), sqliteVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "SQLite version" ), sqliteVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // PDAL
+  // PDAL
 #ifdef HAVE_PDAL_QGIS
-    const QString pdalVersionCompiled { PDAL_VERSION };
+  const QString pdalVersionCompiled { PDAL_VERSION };
 #if PDAL_VERSION_MAJOR_INT > 1 || (PDAL_VERSION_MAJOR_INT == 1 && PDAL_VERSION_MINOR_INT >= 7)
-    const QString pdalVersionRunningRaw { QString::fromStdString( pdal::Config::fullVersionString() ) };
+  const QString pdalVersionRunningRaw { QString::fromStdString( pdal::Config::fullVersionString() ) };
 #else
-    const QString pdalVersionRunningRaw { QString::fromStdString( pdal::GetFullVersionString() ) };
+  const QString pdalVersionRunningRaw { QString::fromStdString( pdal::GetFullVersionString() ) };
 #endif
-    const thread_local QRegularExpression pdalVersionRx { QStringLiteral( "(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)" )};
-    const QRegularExpressionMatch pdalVersionMatch{ pdalVersionRx.match( pdalVersionRunningRaw ) };
-    const QString pdalVersionRunning{ pdalVersionMatch.hasMatch() ? pdalVersionMatch.captured( 1 ) : pdalVersionRunningRaw };
-    if ( pdalVersionCompiled != pdalVersionRunning )
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against PDAL" ), pdalVersionCompiled );
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against PDAL" ), pdalVersionRunning );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "PDAL version" ), pdalVersionCompiled );
-    }
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  const thread_local QRegularExpression pdalVersionRx { QStringLiteral( "(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)" )};
+  const QRegularExpressionMatch pdalVersionMatch{ pdalVersionRx.match( pdalVersionRunningRaw ) };
+  const QString pdalVersionRunning{ pdalVersionMatch.hasMatch() ? pdalVersionMatch.captured( 1 ) : pdalVersionRunningRaw };
+  if ( pdalVersionCompiled != pdalVersionRunning )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Compiled against PDAL" ), pdalVersionCompiled );
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "Running against PDAL" ), pdalVersionRunning );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "PDAL version" ), pdalVersionCompiled );
+  }
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 #endif
 
-    // postgres
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>" ).arg( tr( "PostgreSQL client version" ) );
+  // postgres
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>" ).arg( tr( "PostgreSQL client version" ) );
 #ifdef HAVE_POSTGRESQL
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( PG_VERSION );
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( PG_VERSION );
 #else
-    versionString += tr( "No support" );
+  versionString += tr( "No support" );
 #endif
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</td></tr><tr>" );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</td></tr><tr>" );
 
-    // spatialite
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>" ).arg( tr( "SpatiaLite version" ) );
+  // spatialite
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>" ).arg( tr( "SpatiaLite version" ) );
 #ifdef HAVE_SPATIALITE
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "%1</td>" ).arg( spatialite_version() );
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "%1</td>" ).arg( spatialite_version() );
 #else
-    versionString += tr( "No support" );
+  versionString += tr( "No support" );
 #endif
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</td></tr><tr>" );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</td></tr><tr>" );
 
-    // QWT
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QWT version" ), QWT_VERSION_STR );
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // QWT
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QWT version" ), QWT_VERSION_STR );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // QScintilla
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QScintilla2 version" ), QSCINTILLA_VERSION_STR );
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // QScintilla
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "QScintilla2 version" ), QSCINTILLA_VERSION_STR );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
-    // Operating system
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "OS version" ), QSysInfo::prettyProductName() );
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  // Operating system
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( tr( "OS version" ), QSysInfo::prettyProductName() );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 
 #ifdef QGISDEBUG
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
-    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td colspan=\"2\"><i>%1</i></td>" ).arg( tr( "This copy of QGIS writes debugging output." ) );
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
+  versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td colspan=\"2\"><i>%1</i></td>" ).arg( tr( "This copy of QGIS writes debugging output." ) );
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr><tr>" );
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WITH_BINDINGS
-    if ( mPythonUtils && mPythonUtils->isEnabled() )
+  if ( mPythonUtils && mPythonUtils->isEnabled() )
+  {
+    versionString += QStringLiteral( "<td colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><b>%1</b></td>" ).arg( tr( "Active Python plugins" ) );
+    const QStringList activePlugins = mPythonUtils->listActivePlugins();
+    for ( const QString &plugin : activePlugins )
     {
-      versionString += QStringLiteral( "</tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><b>%1</b></td>" ).arg( tr( "Active Python plugins" ) );
-      const QStringList activePlugins = mPythonUtils->listActivePlugins();
-      for ( const QString &plugin : activePlugins )
-      {
-        const QString version = mPythonUtils->getPluginMetadata( plugin, QStringLiteral( "version" ) );
-        versionString += QStringLiteral( "</tr><tr><td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( plugin, version );
-      }
+      const QString version = mPythonUtils->getPluginMetadata( plugin, QStringLiteral( "version" ) );
+      versionString += QStringLiteral( "</tr><tr><td>%1</td><td>%2</td>" ).arg( plugin, version );
     }
+  }
 #endif
 
-    versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr></table></div>" );
-
-    sAbt->setVersion( versionString );
-  }
-  sAbt->show();
-  sAbt->raise();
-  sAbt->activateWindow();
+  versionString += QLatin1String( "</tr></table>" );
+  return versionString;
 }
 
 QString QgisApp::crsAndFormatAdjustedLayerUri( const QString &uri, const QStringList &supportedCrs, const QStringList &supportedFormats ) const
diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.h b/src/app/qgisapp.h
index a0a986622b9c..722e38b174c3 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.h
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.h
@@ -931,6 +931,11 @@ class APP_EXPORT QgisApp : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow
                                        const QString &baseName,
                                        const QString &provider );
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the html formated string with current versions of the libraries and the active plugins
+     */
+    QString getVersionString();
+
   public slots:
     //! save current vector layer
     QString saveAsFile( QgsMapLayer *layer = nullptr, bool onlySelected = false, bool defaultToAddToMap = true );
diff --git a/src/app/qgsabout.cpp b/src/app/qgsabout.cpp
index 2d44a7f941e7..f608d59957be 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsabout.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsabout.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include "qgisapp.h"
 #include "qgsabout.h"
 #include "qgsapplication.h"
 #include "qgsauthmethodregistry.h"
@@ -275,8 +276,8 @@ void QgsAbout::setPluginInfo()
 
 void QgsAbout::btnCopyToClipboard_clicked()
 {
-  QString markdown = txtVersion->toHtml();
-  QGuiApplication::clipboard()->setText( markdown );
+  const QString versionString = QgisApp::instance()->getVersionString();
+  QGuiApplication::clipboard()->setText( versionString );
 }
 
 void QgsAbout::btnQgisUser_clicked()