# Kibana-6.0.0-alpha1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477 "2016-09-14T09:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pieter\_Agenbag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pieter_agenbag/32/4562_2.png) [@Pieter\_Agenbag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pieter_Agenbag)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/1 "2016-09-14T09:45:46Z")
Hi , I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - but I did not see a explanation anywhere obvious. I've been "absent" from elasticsearch/kibana for a while , while working on some other projects. I've been waiting for the 5.0 release before porting my application from ES1.7 & Kibana 4.1 But today when I checked in - I see Kibana 6.0 alpha ? What happened to the 5.0 release ? The version compatibility chart is As confusing. Kibana 6.1.2, Elastic 6..x , 7.x ? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/4/469eadeac556f78531048a269a0982f437f5a391.png) What year is this - have I been asleep ? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/2 "2016-09-14T09:51:51Z")
Where is this compatibility chart you are looking at? ---
**Author:** ![Pieter\_Agenbag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pieter_agenbag/32/4562_2.png) [@Pieter\_Agenbag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pieter_Agenbag)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/3 "2016-09-14T09:53:11Z")
On git ([https://github.com/elastic/kibana](https://github.com/elastic/kibana)) ... have I stumbled into the twilight zone ? ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/4 "2016-09-14T18:41:41Z")
The master branch version has been bumped to 6.0 very recently. If you want the source of the 5.0 which is the next stable version, it is here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/5.0](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/5.0) ---
**Author:** ![Court](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/court/32/6640_2.png) [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/5 "2016-09-14T21:40:14Z")
The numbers in that graph are for demonstration purposes only. The next major version is 5.0. ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/6 "2016-09-15T01:18:39Z")
Hi Pieter, I'm trying to figure out how to make this chart less confusing. You're not the first to be confused by it! Please take a look at the attached image and let me know if this makes things clearer. Thanks, CJ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/6/6446a467679cd8e2e204d17ad2c39d6a7ce98b5b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pieter\_Agenbag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pieter_agenbag/32/4562_2.png) [@Pieter\_Agenbag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pieter_Agenbag)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/7 "2016-09-15T07:03:28Z")
Hi - Thanx all for clearing things up. CJ, I perfectly understand meaning of the compatibility chart - I think it does a good job in that regard. I was just confused by the actual version numbers used in it. Would it not make sense to dynamically construct the table , base on the current version (of the branch ) ? At least the kibana version. I do understand the need for fictional ES versions to illustrate certain scenarios. I think most of all I was just confused that there is already a "6.0.0 alpha1" when 5.0 is not even out of alpha yet. ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/8 "2016-09-15T14:47:30Z")
Ah I see. Yeah it is kinda weird to be working on 6 already, at the same time as 5. 🙂 Thanks for your suggestion about dynamically constructing the table. I like that idea, though that might take a little work to implement! CJ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-0-alpha1/60477/9 "2017-07-06T13:38:59Z")