# Is MetricBeat available for Windows platform as open source w/out licensing?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-available-for-windows-platform-as-open-source-w-out-licensing/170783>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-available-for-windows-platform-as-open-source-w-out-licensing/170783 "2019-03-04T19:45:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![nybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@nybeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nybeat)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-available-for-windows-platform-as-open-source-w-out-licensing/170783/1 "2019-03-04T19:45:47Z")

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I was led to believe that x-pack is the licensed extensions of the open source Elastic stack and that MetricBeat is something that is not open source.

Can someone provide me with evidence that the Windows versions of Metricbeat are available as open source and no licensing fees required ?

The documentation is confusing my team as there is marketing checklists and there are installation guides but nothing clear to me on what is license-required vs. what we can get without licensing for Beats... specifically here Windows Metricbeat inquiry. Thanks

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-available-for-windows-platform-as-open-source-w-out-licensing/170783/2 "2019-03-05T05:28:58Z")

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There is a pure OSS download of Metricbeat.

- [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/metricbeat-oss](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/metricbeat-oss)

- [https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open)

- [https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/master/x-pack/metricbeat/module](https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/master/x-pack/metricbeat/module) - There are two modules in Metricbeat that are licensed under the Elastic license. These will not be included in the OSS distribution.

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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 2, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-available-for-windows-platform-as-open-source-w-out-licensing/170783/3 "2019-04-02T07:29:00Z")

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