# Discourse download

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101 "2019-07-26T22:32:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Askland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Askland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Askland)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/1 "2019-07-26T22:32:40Z")

</div>

Hello. I do not understand this engine is paid or not? I want to open a question and answer site

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/2 "2019-07-26T22:53:34Z")

</div>

Discourse itself is free, and the code is [open source.](https://github.com/discourse/discourse)But hosting it on the cloud costs money. In order to run your Discourse instance(Self-hosted), you need to either **rent** a server or buy one(Very expensive). Does this answer your question?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![PaigeLynn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paigelynn/32/151098_2.png) [@PaigeLynn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PaigeLynn)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/3 "2019-07-27T00:48:04Z")

</div>

If you use the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) guide provided by Discourse it will only cost you $5 a month and is super simple to set up if you need help I’m more then willing to

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Askland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Askland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Askland)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/4 "2019-07-27T08:53:44Z")

</div>

Can I make a website in Russian? Who can help? Write to me on Skype: live:robdomdom

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/5 "2019-07-27T12:05:51Z")

</div>

Yes. You can see [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) where you can see the Russian translation in your profile where you can select languages.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-download/124101/6 "2019-08-01T13:56:21Z")

</div>

> [@Askland](#):
>
> I want to open a question and answer site

Also, keep in mind that Discourse is **not** a Q&A software but a **discussion** software.  
Those have some similarities but are very different beasts.