# I want to start a Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [15 Aprile 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025 "2017-04-15T08:03:22Z")\
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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:** [15 Aprile 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025/2 "2017-04-15T08:25:49Z")

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You still have to pay for a server to run Discourse on. We recommend a droplet on Digital Ocean, but you can use pretty much any VPS as long as you meet the requirements.

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