# Discourse AI plugin with self hosted discourse site
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-with-self-hosted-discourse-site/315519
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-with-self-hosted-discourse-site/315519 "2024-07-09T06:44:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Jaskaran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaskaran)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-with-self-hosted-discourse-site/315519/1 "2024-07-09T06:44:27Z")
I want to add Discourse AI advance plugin with self hosted discourse site . can you pls tell is there any coast associate to this. Please provide guild how I can add it.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-with-self-hosted-discourse-site/315519/2 "2024-07-09T15:22:57Z")
The [Discourse AI plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai/259214) is open-source and free to install, but you have to either host your own AI service or utilize a third party like ChatGPT, which will have a cost related to how much it gets used.
You can follow the guide to install plugins: [Install plugins on a self-hosted site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-on-a-self-hosted-site/19157)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-with-self-hosted-discourse-site/315519/3 "2024-07-09T16:29:15Z")
We also have these two as well:
> [@Discourse AI - Self-Hosted Guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-self-hosted-guide/259598):
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> This is a guide aimed at running your own instances of the services that power Discourse AI modules. Introduction If you want to use Discourse AI on your self-hosted instance, you may need to also run the companion services for the modules that you want to enable. Each module has one or more needed companion services, and those services use more CPU / GPU / disk space than Discourse itself, so keep in mind that this is not recommended for people unfamiliar with Linux server administration a…
> [@Estimating costs of using LLMs for Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-costs-of-using-llms-for-discourse-ai/307243):
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> information_source In order to use certain Discourse AI features, users are required to use a Large Language Model (LLM) provider. Please see each AI feature to determine which LLMs are compatible. dollar If cost is a significant worry, Discourse AI has several built-in tools to help manage spending: [AI Usage dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/admin/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-usage) — track token consumption per feature, model, and user with estimated costs Usage quotas — set per-model, per-group limits on tokens or request counts within configura…