# Beta or Stable branch?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-or-stable-branch/67775>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-or-stable-branch/67775 "2017-08-10T12:08:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![martinduparc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martinduparc/32/115526_2.png) [@martinduparc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martinduparc)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-or-stable-branch/67775/3 "2017-08-10T14:15:41Z")

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I think that by default, a custom install of Discourse uses the beta branch.

Also, `cd /var/discourse && git branch` will tell you the current branch.

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