# License on Filebeats

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-on-filebeats/88873>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 9, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-on-filebeats/88873 "2017-06-09T17:29:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![amarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@amarc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amarc)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-on-filebeats/88873/1 "2017-06-09T17:29:49Z")

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Hi,  
I am hoping to find what is the license with Filebeats (and ELK).  
The Github page and documentation just says that its open-source.

> <https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>

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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:** [June 10, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-on-filebeats/88873/2 "2017-06-10T00:17:50Z")

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It's Apache 2.

> **[elastic/elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch#license)**
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> elasticsearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine

  
[https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/LICENSE](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/LICENSE)

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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:** [July 8, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-on-filebeats/88873/3 "2017-07-08T00:17:59Z")

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