diff --git a/builtin/mainmenu/tab_about.lua b/builtin/mainmenu/tab_about.lua
index a84ebce3f6950..609b0cb71aa87 100644
--- a/builtin/mainmenu/tab_about.lua
+++ b/builtin/mainmenu/tab_about.lua
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ return {
 		fs = fs .. "style[label_button2;border=false]" ..
 			"button[0.1,6;5.3,1;label_button2;" ..
 			fgettext("Active renderer:") .. "\n" ..
-			core.formspec_escape(core.get_screen_info().render_info) .. "]"
+			core.formspec_escape(core.get_active_renderer()) .. "]"
 
 		if PLATFORM == "Android" then
 			fs = fs .. "button[0.5,5.1;4.5,0.8;share_debug;" .. fgettext("Share debug log") .. "]"
diff --git a/doc/menu_lua_api.txt b/doc/menu_lua_api.txt
index ad07ea7328e8c..e8d7b6e400f02 100644
--- a/doc/menu_lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/menu_lua_api.txt
@@ -203,17 +203,42 @@ GUI
         will be added to fieldname value is set to formname itself
   * if `is_file_select` is `true`, a file and not a folder will be selected
   * returns nil or selected file/folder
-* `core.get_screen_info()`
-  * returns
+* `core.get_active_renderer()`: Ex: "OpenGL 4.6".
+* `core.get_window_info()`: Same as server-side `get_player_window_information` API.
+
+      -- Note that none of these things are constant, they are likely to change
+      -- as the player resizes the window and moves it between monitors
+      --
+      -- real_gui_scaling and real_hud_scaling can be used instead of DPI.
+      -- OSes don't necessarily give the physical DPI, as they may allow user configuration.
+      -- real_*_scaling is just OS DPI / 96 but with another level of user configuration.
+      {
+          -- Current size of the in-game render target.
+          --
+          -- This is usually the window size, but may be smaller in certain situations,
+          -- such as side-by-side mode.
+          size = {
+              x = 1308,
+              y = 577,
+          },
+
+          -- Estimated maximum formspec size before Minetest will start shrinking the
+          -- formspec to fit. For a fullscreen formspec, use a size 10-20% larger than
+          -- this and `padding[-0.01,-0.01]`.
+          max_formspec_size = {
+              x = 20,
+              y = 11.25
+          },
+
+          -- GUI Scaling multiplier
+          -- Equal to the setting `gui_scaling` multiplied by `dpi / 96`
+          real_gui_scaling = 1,
+
+          -- HUD Scaling multiplier
+          -- Equal to the setting `hud_scaling` multiplied by `dpi / 96`
+          real_hud_scaling = 1,
+      }
 
-        {
-          density         = <screen density 0.75,1.0,2.0,3.0 ... (dpi)>,
-          display_width   = <width of display>,
-          display_height  = <height of display>,
-          window_width    = <current window width>,
-          window_height   = <current window height>,
-          render_info     = <active render information>
-        }
 
 
 Content and Packages
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
index e53ec5fedac23..4c25d4ba1b6ae 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "network/networkprotocol.h"
 #include "content/mod_configuration.h"
 #include "threading/mutex_auto_lock.h"
+#include "common/c_converter.h"
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 std::string ModApiMainMenu::getTextData(lua_State *L, std::string name)
@@ -922,26 +923,38 @@ int ModApiMainMenu::l_gettext(lua_State *L)
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
-int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_screen_info(lua_State *L)
+int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_window_info(lua_State *L)
 {
 	lua_newtable(L);
 	int top = lua_gettop(L);
-	lua_pushstring(L,"density");
-	lua_pushnumber(L,RenderingEngine::getDisplayDensity());
-	lua_settable(L, top);
 
 	const v2u32 &window_size = RenderingEngine::getWindowSize();
-	lua_pushstring(L,"window_width");
-	lua_pushnumber(L, window_size.X);
+	f32 density = RenderingEngine::getDisplayDensity();
+	f32 gui_scaling = g_settings->getFloat("gui_scaling") * density;
+	f32 hud_scaling = g_settings->getFloat("hud_scaling") * density;
+
+	lua_pushstring(L, "size");
+	push_v2u32(L, window_size);
 	lua_settable(L, top);
 
-	lua_pushstring(L,"window_height");
-	lua_pushnumber(L, window_size.Y);
+	lua_pushstring(L, "max_formspec_size");
+	push_v2f(L, ClientDynamicInfo::calculateMaxFSSize(window_size));
 	lua_settable(L, top);
 
-	lua_pushstring(L, "render_info");
-	lua_pushstring(L, wide_to_utf8(RenderingEngine::get_video_driver()->getName()).c_str());
+	lua_pushstring(L, "real_gui_scaling");
+	lua_pushnumber(L, gui_scaling);
 	lua_settable(L, top);
+
+	lua_pushstring(L, "real_hud_scaling");
+	lua_pushnumber(L, hud_scaling);
+	lua_settable(L, top);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_active_renderer(lua_State *L)
+{
+	lua_pushstring(L, wide_to_utf8(RenderingEngine::get_video_driver()->getName()).c_str());
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1086,7 +1099,8 @@ void ModApiMainMenu::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(download_file);
 	API_FCT(gettext);
 	API_FCT(get_video_drivers);
-	API_FCT(get_screen_info);
+	API_FCT(get_window_info);
+	API_FCT(get_active_renderer);
 	API_FCT(get_min_supp_proto);
 	API_FCT(get_max_supp_proto);
 	API_FCT(open_url);
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.h
index a731f77a8ea5b..bb5c93cd599f8 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.h
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ class ModApiMainMenu: public ModApiBase
 
 	static int l_set_formspec_prepend(lua_State *L);
 
-	static int l_get_screen_info(lua_State *L);
+	static int l_get_window_info(lua_State *L);
+
+	static int l_get_active_renderer(lua_State *L);
 
 	//filesystem