# How to download and install Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-download-and-install-discourse/91488>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [July 3, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-download-and-install-discourse/91488 "2018-07-03T15:29:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-download-and-install-discourse/91488/11 "2022-07-21T07:19:54Z")

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Hi @minecraftguy 🙂

I’ve made a couple of edits to your post to bring it more in line with our [forum guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/faq). 👍

You can install Discourse on your PC, but only for development purposes. For a ‘live’ production you would need a cloud server.

There are a few guides on this if you have a [search](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=%23howto%20Install%20development)

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