# What is X-Content folder in the libs section?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-x-content-folder-in-the-libs-section/180203>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-x-content-folder-in-the-libs-section/180203 "2019-05-08T14:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-x-content-folder-in-the-libs-section/180203/1 "2019-05-08T14:58:27Z")

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I would like to know what are the purposes of following in the libs folder of elasticsearch github project.  
dissect  
geo  
groc  
x-content

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-x-content-folder-in-the-libs-section/180203/2 "2019-05-09T10:10:37Z")

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The `libs/` folder contains small pieces of code, that are reused across different parts of the code base. For example grok is used in `ingest-common` and `ml`.

Is there any specific question about this?

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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:** [June 6, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-x-content-folder-in-the-libs-section/180203/3 "2019-06-06T10:23:17Z")

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Closed on June 6, 2019, 10:23am UTC

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