# Can I host discourse free on heroku
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [4월 7, 2017, 1:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599 "2017-04-07T13:47:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Gamer\_101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamer_101)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 1:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/1 "2017-04-07T13:47:21Z")
Can I host discourse freely heroku app? Create my own small community?
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### Author:  [@Nam\_Nguyen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nam_Nguyen)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 1:54오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/2 "2017-04-07T13:54:18Z")
No no no no 🙂
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 6:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/3 "2017-04-07T18:22:30Z")
To give more details: you need an environment that can run Docker. As far as I understand heroku cannot run Docker.
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### Author:  [@Gamer\_101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamer_101)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:05오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/4 "2017-04-07T19:05:26Z")
> **[Introducing 'heroku docker:release': Build & Deploy Heroku Apps with Docker](https://www.heroku.com/blog/introducing_heroku_docker_release_build_deploy_heroku_apps_with_docker/)**
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> Important update We've recently made some big updates to our support for Docker and the feature described in this blog post has been deprecated. Learn more
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/5 "2017-04-07T19:07:58Z")
Well you can certainly try going through the [Supported Install Instructions](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) but I’m not optimistic. Skimming the article makes it sounds like they’ve got a custom docker setup going on - don’t know if that will work.
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### Author:  [@Gamer\_101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamer_101)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:09오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/6 "2017-04-07T19:09:15Z")
I spoke to Heroku support and that’s why they replied
You’re welcome to use a free dyno to host anything you’d like. There are several resources available for help setting this up, which you can find using a search engine.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:10오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/7 "2017-04-07T19:10:25Z")
None of us are saying that Discourse isn’t “allowed” on Heroku - we’re simply questioning if the supported install method will work. You’re certainly free to hack together an custom install, but keep in mind we won’t be able to support issues that arise here.
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### Author:  [@Gamer\_101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamer_101)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:12오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/8 "2017-04-07T19:12:03Z")
Thanks for quick replies 🙂
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/9 "2017-04-07T19:13:01Z")
You will have a really really hard time using Heroku’s free tier though, as Discourse requires a minimum of 1 GB of RAM (with 1 GB swap). Their free tier is 512 MB.
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### Author:  [@Gamer\_101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamer_101)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:15오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/10 "2017-04-07T19:15:42Z")
so discourse run slow or what? I have very few users in my community. No more than 1000
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/11 "2017-04-07T19:16:51Z")
You might not be able to get it to build. The build process is what consumes the most RAM. So that process is very likely to time out.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [4월 7, 2017, 7:19오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/12 "2017-04-07T19:19:13Z")
> [@Gamer\_101](#):
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> No more than 1000
At 1000 users, if everyone gives half a penny you can pay a VPS with 1GB ram on [vultr.com](http://vultr.com) and others.
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### Author:  [@yatindrarao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yatindrarao)
#### Post date: [8월 23, 2017, 11:24오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/13 "2017-08-23T11:24:40Z")
Hey @Gamer_101,
Is there any progress on this? I am trying to deploy on Heroku but facing Redis:Connection:Error.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@stranger26](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stranger26)
#### Post date: [8월 30, 2017, 10:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-discourse-free-on-heroku/60599/14 "2017-08-30T10:20:37Z")
Is this the guide you followed? Have you fixed the Redis error?
I am interested in running a discourse instance on Heroku too.
> **[Container Registry & Runtime (Docker Deploys) | Heroku Dev Center](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/container-registry-and-runtime)**
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> Heroku Container Registry allows you to deploy your Docker-based app to Heroku. Both Common Runtime and Private Spaces are supported.