# Libbeat - C or C++ implementation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [November 29, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-c-or-c-implementation/67453 "2016-11-29T09:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulkeogh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@paulkeogh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulkeogh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-c-or-c-implementation/67453/1 "2016-11-29T09:03:19Z")
Any available or planned ? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-c-or-c-implementation/67453/2 "2016-11-29T16:43:11Z")
We don't plan one at the moment. What sort of use case do you have in mind? ---
**Author:** ![paulkeogh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@paulkeogh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulkeogh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-c-or-c-implementation/67453/3 "2016-12-02T21:13:54Z")
We have several legacy C++ applications that product statistics which we would effectively like to forward as beats to Logstash. Looks like it will be easier to simply add a UDP client to the apps and then write a protocol plug in for Packetbeat to pick them up and forward on as beats, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-c-or-c-implementation/67453/4 "2016-12-20T09:03:24Z")
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