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Kibana license, foundation and stars

BI and visualisation · AGPL v3 or SSPL v1 or Elastic License 2.0 (open source) · backed by Elastic · 21,353 stars

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License history

LICENSE file
Open sourceSep 7, 2024

SSPL v1 or Elastic License 2.0 to AGPL v3 or SSPL v1 or Elastic License 2.0

Elastic added AGPLv3 as a third license option, returning Kibana to OSI open source.

Source-availableJan 20, 2021

Apache 2.0 to SSPL v1 or Elastic License 1.0

Kibana left Apache 2.0 for a dual SSPL and Elastic License; Elastic License 2.0 replaced 1.0 on 2021-02-04.

Forks it prompted

ProjectWhat
OpenSearch DashboardsJan 29, 2021: Forked from 7.10.2. Source

Latest release

v9.5.5 published Oct 6, 2026

About and history
Repository
elastic/kibana · created Jan 26, 2013
Website
elastic.co/products/kibana
Language
TypeScript
Foundation
None; run by Elastic
Company
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GitHub detects
NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
Stars per week
10 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Oct 26, 202621,353
Oct 19, 202621,325
Oct 12, 202621,312
Sep 28, 202621,304
Sep 21, 202621,301

Changes

Stars per weekNov 1, 2026

Gains about 10 stars a week, up from 6.

Stars per weekOct 22, 2026

Gains about 6 stars a week, up from 4.

ReleaseOct 22, 2026

Latest release on GitHub: v9.5.5.

Stars per weekOct 14, 2026

Gains about 4 stars a week, up from 3.

Stars per weekOct 3, 2026

Gains about 3 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from SSPL v1 or Elastic License 2.0 to AGPL v3 or SSPL v1 or Elastic License 2.0.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from Apache 2.0 to SSPL v1 or Elastic License 1.0.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from elastic/kibana on GitHub.