# Discourse is Not Going Closed Source

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/400863
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [17 באפריל,‏ 2026,‏ 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/400863 "2026-04-17T03:20:48Z")
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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [17 באפריל,‏ 2026,‏ 4:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/400863/3 "2026-04-17T04:49:23Z")

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Lots of respect here, this was something I was concerned about in the back of my mind for a while now with Discourse. Thank you guys for being on the right side of this and continuing to not [enshittify](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification) the core product. I can’t imagine we’ll get AI regulation for a while longer for many reasons but things are very grim right now.

I hope you all know how much everybody appreciates not self-hosting the product and still being begged to cough up money to unlock basic features (like many “open source” products do). :meow_heart:

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