# How can i get the source code
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 26, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687 "2011-10-26T10:01:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chuter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chuter)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687/1 "2011-10-26T10:01:52Z")
I wanna research the elasticsearch source code, but i found that there
lack some source files, i.e. (org.elasticsearch.common.base.\*)
but after build, the jar file contains them, Why?
My questions is How i can i get the source code?
Thanks！
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687/2 "2011-10-26T10:11:22Z")
Answer is here : [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/modules/jarjar/build.gradle](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/modules/jarjar/build.gradle)
David 😉
Le 26 oct. 2011 à 12:01, chuter [topgun.chuter@gmail.com](mailto:topgun.chuter@gmail.com) a écrit :
> I wanna research the elasticsearch source code, but i found that there
> lack some source files, i.e. (org.elasticsearch.common.base.\*)
>
> but after build, the jar file contains them, Why?
> My questions is How i can i get the source code?
> Thanks！
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### Author:  [@chuter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chuter)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687/3 "2011-10-26T10:26:44Z")
got it! 🙂
Thanks.
On Oct 26, 6:11 pm, David Pilato [da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr) wrote:
> Answer is here :[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/modules/ja](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/modules/ja)...
>
> David 😉
>
> Le 26 oct. 2011 à 12:01, chuter [topgun.chu...@gmail.com](mailto:topgun.chu...@gmail.com) a écrit :
>
> > I wanna research the elasticsearch source code, but i found that there
> > lack some source files, i.e. (org.elasticsearch.common.base.\*)
>
> > but after build, the jar file contains them, Why?
> > My questions is How i can i get the source code?
> > Thanks！
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-the-source-code/5687/4 "2017-07-06T03:50:54Z")