# Discourse headless?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-headless/137893>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 6, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-headless/137893 "2020-01-06T17:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesmarkcook](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jamesmarkcook/32/168563_2.png) [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-headless/137893/1 "2020-01-06T17:28:53Z")

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Is it possible to run Discourse in a headless mode i.e. without the Ember frontend?

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