On November 24, 2015, Elastic announced the release of the first production-ready version of the Beats platform, which includes Topbeat, Filebeat, and Packetbeat, designed to capture and ship operational data to Logstash and Elasticsearch. This platform, built on the libbeat Go library, aims to streamline the creation of lightweight shippers for data collection by handling common tasks such as secure event sending and load balancing. Topbeat centralizes system metrics across different operating systems, Filebeat replaces Logstash Forwarder for efficient log shipping, and Packetbeat provides real-time network traffic monitoring akin to Wireshark, facilitating visibility into application communications. The platform encourages community contributions, with several user-created Beats and added protocol support, and offers developer guides to foster new developments, highlighting its open-source nature and collaborative potential.