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Kibana license history

Observability·Last verified 2026-10-28·Confidence: High

Changed from Apache-2.0 to SSPL-1.0 / Elastic-2.0 starting with 7.11.0 on 2021-01-14.

Versions before 7.11.0 remain under Apache-2.0.

Self-hosting
Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS)
Restricted
Commercial impact: Restricted

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License timeline

2021-01-14

From 7.11.0

Apache-2.0Permissive→SSPL-1.0Source-available or Elastic-2.0Source-available
Restricted
Self-hosting: Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS): Restricted

Kibana relicensed to SSPL-1.0/Elastic-2.0.

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Verified 2026-10-28·Confidence: High

Originally released under Apache-2.0

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