# Does filebeat need java?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140 "2017-03-10T12:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140/1 "2017-03-10T12:18:37Z")

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Dear all,

Does filebeat need java?

I would like to install filebeat on every application hosts to transport logs to logstash forwarder.

So, i need to get know.

Does filebeat installation need java? Should me install java before installation of filebeat?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140/2 "2017-03-10T12:25:27Z")

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Filebeat is implemented in Go in order to be lightweight, so does not have any dependency on Java.

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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140/3 "2017-03-10T12:38:26Z")

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Thank you very much

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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:** [April 7, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-need-java/78140/4 "2017-04-07T12:38:38Z")

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