# Is Discourse a full website or just a forum add-in?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-a-full-website-or-just-a-forum-add-in/364453>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-a-full-website-or-just-a-forum-add-in/364453 "2025-05-01T23:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-a-full-website-or-just-a-forum-add-in/364453/6 "2025-05-02T00:03:02Z")

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If you explore the #Documentation category the sidebar if you access it there provides a really nice modified sidebar for easier exploring

You can embed discourse in a variety of websites.

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