Hi! I’m a little bit confused. I understand that if I setup a Discourse on your servers I’ll have all the plugins (the business ones on the business plan and so on). But what if I want to setup Discourse on-premise? Are plugins exclusive to your servers?

You can install the plugins, which you want to use, yourself. [image] Install plugins on a self-hosted site Self-Hosting warning This guide assumes that you have a self-hosted standard installation. We only support the standard method of install here, so these instructions assume you have a standard install. warning This guide only applies to self-hosted Discourse instances. If you are using a managed hosting service, the available plugins are controlled by your hosting provider. For example, on our hosting these specific plugins are available by hosting tier. information_source As of mid-2025, many p…

Business plugins and install on-premise

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You can install the plugins, which you want to use, yourself.

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