How to download and install Discourse

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The discussion revolves around installing Discourse, a free and open-source forum software. pbart asks about its availability and installation on shared hosting, but is informed that Discourse requires a VPS or cloud server for production use. merefield clarifies that while Discourse is free, hosting it requires hardware, similar to how Minecraft is free but needs a PC to run. JammyDodger mentions that Discourse offers free hosting in some cases and notes that minecraftguy can install it locally for development but not for production on a personal PC. JammyDodger also guides users to search for installation guides.

1

Hello, iam new here but i like Discourse. I have any questions.

Is Discourse free ?
Can i download him ?

I have hosting of my provider, is possible classical install in this hosting ?

Thank you

2

Yes itā€™s free and open-source.

Follow the instructions here:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md

3

Thanks but i say i dont have own server, i have classic hosting. (no cloud,)
I thought the installation would take place in the way that I just take the files and drag them to ftp and install.

I can not do more, in which case it is not for me. But the forum looks very nice.

4

So rent a VPS. Very cheap and easy these days. So much choice.

7

So much for ā€œfreeā€ then.

8

Discourse is a free softwareā€¦ but you need hardware to run it on.

Just like how minecraft is free despite not being given a free PC to play it on when you download the game.

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Though we also offer free hosting in certain circumstances too:

10

What are you talking about? Minecraft isnā€™t free.

And I have the hardware. I have a PC running wampserver, that should be enough. I have access to command line and everything on my own PC which is where I want to run it from.

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Hi @minecraftguy :slightly_smiling_face:

Iā€™ve made a couple of edits to your post to bring it more in line with our forum guidelines. :+1:

You can install Discourse on your PC, but only for development purposes. For a ā€˜liveā€™ production you would need a cloud server.

There are a few guides on this if you have a search