diff --git a/app/menus/menu.js b/app/menus/menu.js
index bc6cce38fec0..231afdc6e9e4 100644
--- a/app/menus/menu.js
+++ b/app/menus/menu.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const helpMenu = require('./menus/help');
 const darwinMenu = require('./menus/darwin');
 const {getDecoratedKeymaps} = require('../plugins');
 const {execCommand} = require('../commands');
+const {getRendererTypes} = require('../utils/renderer-utils');
 
 const appName = app.getName();
 const appVersion = app.getVersion();
@@ -39,10 +40,18 @@ exports.createMenu = (createWindow, getLoadedPluginVersions) => {
     const pluginList =
       loadedPlugins.length === 0 ? 'none' : loadedPlugins.map(plugin => `\n  ${plugin.name} (${plugin.version})`);
 
+    const rendererCounts = Object.values(getRendererTypes()).reduce((acc, type) => {
+      acc[type] = acc[type] ? acc[type] + 1 : 1;
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+    const renderers = Object.entries(rendererCounts)
+      .map(([type, count]) => type + (count > 1 ? ` (${count})` : ''))
+      .join(', ');
+
     dialog.showMessageBox({
       title: `About ${appName}`,
       message: `${appName} ${appVersion} (${updateChannel})`,
-      detail: `Plugins: ${pluginList}\n\nCreated by Guillermo Rauch\nCopyright © 2018 ZEIT, Inc.`,
+      detail: `Renderers: ${renderers}\nPlugins: ${pluginList}\n\nCreated by Guillermo Rauch\nCopyright © 2018 ZEIT, Inc.`,
       buttons: [],
       icon
     });
diff --git a/app/ui/window.js b/app/ui/window.js
index e8aca4225a2a..cab683037347 100644
--- a/app/ui/window.js
+++ b/app/ui/window.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const fetchNotifications = require('../notifications');
 const Session = require('../session');
 const contextMenuTemplate = require('./contextmenu');
 const {execCommand} = require('../commands');
+const {setRendererType, unsetRendererType} = require('../utils/renderer-utils');
 
 module.exports = class Window {
   constructor(options_, cfg, fn) {
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ module.exports = class Window {
 
       session.on('exit', () => {
         rpc.emit('session exit', {uid: options.uid});
+        unsetRendererType(options.uid);
         sessions.delete(options.uid);
       });
     });
@@ -192,6 +194,10 @@ module.exports = class Window {
         }
       }
     });
+    rpc.on('info renderer', ({uid, type}) => {
+      // Used in the "About" dialog
+      setRendererType(uid, type);
+    });
     rpc.on('open external', ({url}) => {
       shell.openExternal(url);
     });
diff --git a/app/utils/renderer-utils.js b/app/utils/renderer-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7385b484ece5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/renderer-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const rendererTypes = {};
+
+function getRendererTypes() {
+  return rendererTypes;
+}
+
+function setRendererType(uid, type) {
+  rendererTypes[uid] = type;
+}
+
+function unsetRendererType(uid) {
+  delete rendererTypes[uid];
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getRendererTypes,
+  setRendererType,
+  unsetRendererType
+};
diff --git a/lib/components/term.js b/lib/components/term.js
index 3cd5cdf4838c..afd46c22e7dc 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.js
+++ b/lib/components/term.js
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ const getTermOptions = props => {
       useWebGL = true;
     }
   }
+  Term.reportRenderer(props.uid, useWebGL ? 'WebGL' : 'Canvas');
+
   return {
     macOptionIsMeta: props.modifierKeys.altIsMeta,
     scrollback: props.scrollback,
@@ -110,6 +112,16 @@ export default class Term extends React.PureComponent {
     this.disposableListeners = [];
   }
 
+  // The main process shows this in the About dialog
+  static reportRenderer(uid, type) {
+    const rendererTypes = Term.rendererTypes || {};
+    if (rendererTypes[uid] !== type) {
+      rendererTypes[uid] = type;
+      Term.rendererTypes = rendererTypes;
+      window.rpc.emit('info renderer', {uid, type});
+    }
+  }
+
   componentDidMount() {
     const {props} = this;