# Create Kibana plugin with sao.js

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 18, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402 "2017-10-18T13:52:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gwen\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gwen\_P](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gwen_P)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402/1 "2017-10-18T13:52:29Z")

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Hi,

I read that Yeoman generator is now deprecated ([https://github.com/elastic/generator-kibana-plugin](https://github.com/elastic/generator-kibana-plugin)) and we have to use sao.js ([https://github.com/elastic/template-kibana-plugin/](https://github.com/elastic/template-kibana-plugin/)).

I want to know if someone have made a tutorial or maybe just a small example about how to create plugin with sao.js because i feel a little bit lost.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402/2 "2017-10-18T14:59:48Z")

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I am not aware of any SAO kibana plugin generators. The file structure is fairly simple and your best bet is to copy a working plugin for your target kibana version and use that as a template.

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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Momanyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Samuel\_Momanyi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Momanyi)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402/3 "2017-10-19T11:52:08Z")

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this explains it a little better

> **[Developing Kibana Plugins - Luminis Amsterdam](https://amsterdam.luminis.eu/2016/04/07/developing-kibana-plugins/)**
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> For quite some time I’ve been meaning to rewrite an old Elasticsearch plugin to a new Kibana plugin. It’s quite different than you were used to. The Kibana plugins are quite new and were released in version 4.2.0. There are quite a few warnings on...

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**Author:** ![Gwen\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gwen\_P](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gwen_P)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402/4 "2017-10-23T15:59:43Z")

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Thx for your reply, I will watch the link

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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:** [November 20, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-kibana-plugin-with-sao-js/104402/5 "2017-11-20T15:59:44Z")

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Closed on November 20, 2017, 3:59pm UTC

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