# Whether elastic is no longer opensource?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975 "2024-03-22T09:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrahmanyam_Veerank)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/1 "2024-03-22T09:29:22Z")

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Sir..Recently i heard from one of the colleagues that the ELK stack is no longer the open source. Is this true? As of now we were using the 8.12 basic version package. whether basic license features will be continued or not? Kindly answer this query

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/2 "2024-03-22T09:47:46Z")

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It depends what exactly you mean by "open source". By some definitions Elasticsearch has never been fully open-source, and by other definitions it has always been and continues to be so. It is a contentious and politically-charged phrase and it's so confusing these days that it's generally simplest just to avoid these words entirely. Elasticsearch is fully [free and open](https://www.elastic.co/about/free-and-open) and has been so for years. There's no plans to change this.

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**Author:** ![Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrahmanyam_Veerank)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/3 "2024-03-22T09:50:11Z")

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Sir..Actually we were currently using the basic license version i.e we dont have any subscription. whether the existing features that are available in basic license will stay or not?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/4 "2024-03-22T09:50:43Z")

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> [@Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](#):
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> whether the existing features that are available in basic license will stay or not?

There's no plans to change this.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/5 "2024-03-22T16:48:28Z")

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See here

> **[Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)**
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> See subscription levels, pricing, and tiered features for on-prem deployments of the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch Kibana, Beats, and Logstash), Elastic Cloud, and Elastic Cloud Enterprise....

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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:** [April 19, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-elastic-is-no-longer-opensource/355975/6 "2024-04-19T16:48:53Z")

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