# How to install discourse on shared hosting?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-shared-hosting/306293>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-shared-hosting/306293 "2024-05-01T07:05:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-shared-hosting/306293/5 "2024-05-01T18:34:51Z")

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That’s installing locally and not a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true). You won’t be able to get support here if you install it that way. It’s also not clear to me that it’s not just a development install, which will run much more slowly than the docker install

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