# Is Workplace Search Open Source?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-workplace-search\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726 "2020-08-28T07:59:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Silas\_Hansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/silas_hansen/32/67521_2.png) [@Silas\_Hansen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Silas_Hansen)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726/1 "2020-08-28T07:59:08Z")

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I can't seem to find out if Enterprise Search is open source or not.

Can I read the source code of the workplace search, before I let it scan through our private documents?

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**Author:** ![constancecchen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/constancecchen/32/71762_2.png) [@constancecchen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/constancecchen)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726/2 "2020-08-28T20:31:11Z")

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Hi Silas! Sorry if this is a disappointing answer for you, but Enterprise Search is closed source. As far as I know there are no foreseeable plans to convert it to open source.

If you're asking due to privacy concerns, rest assured all your data remains on your own self-managed instance. We also undergo the same security audits that the rest of the Elastic teams do.

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**Author:** ![Silas\_Hansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/silas_hansen/32/67521_2.png) [@Silas\_Hansen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Silas_Hansen)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726/3 "2020-08-31T12:20:41Z")

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Thank you for that clarification 👍

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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:** [October 31, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-workplace-search-open-source/246726/4 "2022-10-31T02:48:05Z")

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