# Installing discourse for free?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-for-free/311717>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-for-free/311717 "2024-06-12T09:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-for-free/311717/17 "2024-06-12T13:55:46Z")

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You can see [Install Discourse on a residential internet with Cloudflare Tunnel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-a-residential-internet-with-cloudflare-tunnel/211297)

You’ll need email as discussed. If you try hard you can use mailgun pay as you go, but they make it hard to figure out how to get in that plan. It’s $1/1000 emails.

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