# Hosting Discourse - a few questions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-a-few-questions/52362>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [2016年十一月2日 10:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-a-few-questions/52362 "2016-11-02T10:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giacomo\_Lawrance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/giacomo_lawrance/32/121339_2.png) [@Giacomo\_Lawrance](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Giacomo_Lawrance)\
**Post date:** [2016年十一月2日 10:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-a-few-questions/52362/1 "2016-11-02T10:55:41Z")

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Hi there!

I’m looking to host Discourse by pulling it off the Github. Just a few questions:

1. I don’t have a Linux machine, is one required?
2. Is there a website that lets me host it for free by just uploading the Git contents? Like a website that has a free domain: [example.website.com](http://example.website.com)

Thank you!

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**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:** [2016年十一月2日 11:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-a-few-questions/52362/2 "2016-11-02T11:01:02Z")

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> [@Giacomo\_Lawrance](#):
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> I don’t have a Linux machine, is one required?

While you could host Discourse on any machine that support the latest version of Docker, having a Linux machine makes it much easier.

> [@Giacomo\_Lawrance](#):
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> Is there a website that lets me host it for free by just uploading the Git contents? Like a website that has a free domain: [example.website.com](http://example.website.com)

No, Discourse needs a server to run on.

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**Author:** ![Giacomo\_Lawrance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/giacomo_lawrance/32/121339_2.png) [@Giacomo\_Lawrance](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Giacomo_Lawrance)\
**Post date:** [2016年十一月10日 15:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-a-few-questions/52362/3 "2016-11-10T15:10:31Z")

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Okay, thank you very much! 🙂