Hello, Both the Discourse Git Hub Page and discourse pricing page say “Discourse is 100% free and open source.” If I host it myself is it really free? Are there any commercial restrictions? I’ve seen this question covered in lots of old posts but nothing recent / from the past few years so wante…

Hello, That’s right, Discourse is fully open-source, and if you host yourself, it’s 100% free with no restrictions. You can install it by following this guide: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub . :+1:

Is Discourse Still Free to Self Host?

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featheredtoast (Jeff Wong) April 25, 2024, 5:12pm 4

No news is good news – the core Discourse is (still) licensed under GPL-2:

We firmly believe any new Discourse sites is a boon, whether we host or not!

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Is Discourse Still Free to Self Host?

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