# Is there a completely free way to install Discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [26 november 2015 om 08:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039 "2015-11-26T08:00:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Cody](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cody)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/1 "2015-11-26T08:00:34Z")
I really blunt question. Is there any completely free ways to install discourse. I am a beginner so simple terms would be great!
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### Author:  [@felirami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felirami)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/2 "2015-11-26T08:26:19Z")
Free as in terms of having a free server to host it? or free as installing it on your own server?
If you are looking for the second one, then yes, there is a free way to install discourse, I used this one [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/3 "2015-11-26T08:29:16Z")
> [@Cody](#):
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> I really blunt question. Is there any completely free ways to install discourse. I am a beginner so simple terms would be great!
You’re very unlikely to find something truly free that will host discourse. The $10/month DigitalOcean install is one of the cheapest options that makes sense and if you’ve no experience with any of this stuff then administration is going to have a fairly steep learning curve in places.
As you’ve already suggested in [your other thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-host-a-discourse-forum-on-000-web-host/36027/7) you’re going to be better off seeking an alternative.
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### Author:  [@Cody](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cody)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/4 "2015-11-26T08:36:57Z")
Thanks for your reply,
I was thinking having a free server to host it.
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### Author:  [@Cody](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cody)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/5 "2015-11-26T08:38:40Z")
Thanks Steve (I just really like the looks of Discourse 😀)
The only other alternative I have found is CodoForum (which looks pretty good - I’m just having some issues setting it up).
Thanks anyway!
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### Author:  [@felirami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felirami)
#### Post date: [26 november 2015 om 08:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039/6 "2015-11-26T08:39:03Z")
But you should be able to earn some money… for example the cheapest way to host it, is through runabove or ovh, about 2,5usd a month for 2gb ram/1cpu or look in lowendtalk forums