# Free Hosting - Any Ideas?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-any-ideas/225352 "2022-04-26T18:05:15Z")\
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There are install guides here for development purposes: #dev-install

You should not use a developer install to run a community though.

If you do not have access to a credit card you will have a very hard time finding hosting, even for the limited free hosting that exists, credit cards are often used for verification purposes to combat spammers/scammers.

Please search Meta before starting a new topic, this has been asked and answered many times before: [Search results for 'free hosting' - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=free%20hosting&expanded=true)

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