# Getting Discourse running on JRuby

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-discourse-running-on-jruby/81273>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-discourse-running-on-jruby/81273 "2018-02-23T00:14:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-discourse-running-on-jruby/81273/10 "2018-02-26T14:40:05Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> We really want to work with JRuby

Aside: can y’all share with those of us on the sidelines a little bit about _why_? Is the notion that JRuby would replace MRI as the default implementation for Discourse in the future if you get this working?

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