# Discourse App Store?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-store/18994>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [18 באוגוסט,‏ 2014,‏ 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-store/18994 "2014-08-18T12:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [9 ביוני,‏ 2021,‏ 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-store/18994/11 "2021-06-09T16:21:31Z")

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I’ve always thought there’s an opportunity for 3rd party monetization on customizations for Discourse. I don’t think selling plugins is feasible long-term (complex to maintain, bugs can cause show-stopping issues, hard to sell in an open-source community).

However, there could be opportunity for selling themes/components and creating a browseable place for them to live. I’d feel more comfortable pushing our userbase toward front-end customizations vs. plugins simply due to the many issues plugins can have. Our theme system has matured quite a bit in the last few years since I started working on customizing Discourse, so much so that many customizations don’t even require a plugin anymore.

Nothing’s on our roadmap in this area at this point in time, though.

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