# Java Needs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 29, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569 "2019-10-29T00:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Karthik\_Ramachandran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@Karthik\_Ramachandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthik_Ramachandran)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569/1 "2019-10-29T00:59:46Z")

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Does Kibana need JAVA/JDK/JVM? In 4.1 it was I believe, and don't think it requires now. Also, would there be any need of having Java in Kibana hosts for any plugin support/x-pack?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569/2 "2019-10-29T01:01:43Z")

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Kibana does not need java.

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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 26, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569/3 "2019-11-26T01:01:48Z")

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