# About the Beats category

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067 "2015-05-21T09:27:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Leslie\_Hawthorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Leslie\_Hawthorn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leslie_Hawthorn)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/1 "2015-05-21T09:27:28Z")

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## Lightweight data shippers

[Beats](https://www.elastic.co/beats/) is a free and open platform for single-purpose data shippers. They send data from hundreds or thousands of machines and systems to Logstash or Elasticsearch.

Please use the relevant tag for any Beat you have a question about, including the new Elastic Agent.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/4 "2017-07-05T21:49:23Z")

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/5 "2020-06-04T01:26:41Z")

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/6 "2020-06-04T01:26:47Z")

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/7 "2020-06-04T01:26:53Z")

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-beats-category/1067/8 "2020-06-04T01:30:19Z")

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