# White labeling Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/white-labeling-kibana/22761>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/white-labeling-kibana/22761 "2015-03-19T13:09:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/white-labeling-kibana/22761/2 "2015-03-19T16:55:32Z")

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Elasticsearch uses the Apache 2 license -  
[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

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On 19 March 2015 at 06:09, Jatinpreet Singh [jatinpreet@gmail.com](mailto:jatinpreet@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wish to use Elasticsearch and Kibana in a commercial product.
> 
> I wish to understand the licensing concerns if I replace the Kibana logo  
> by my own logo. Also, some text may be modified to suit my needs.
> 
> Is it fine if I do this by giving proper attribution in source code and  
> not on UI?
> 
> Is it necessary to redistribute the code? If yes, is it only Kibana code  
> or the whole application that it is integrated with?
> 
> Thanks
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