# Local installation with all features
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-installation-with-all-features/124760
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-installation-with-all-features/124760 "2019-08-02T21:07:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sudhar99](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudhar99)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-installation-with-all-features/124760/1 "2019-08-02T21:07:02Z")
I am new to Discourse and while researching on a best open source for our enterprise forum, came up with this great product. It is really sleek and packed with so much of enterprise class features. On initial thought, looked like a paid version but upon deep dive, found out that it is truly opensource and can be hosted locally for free. Just want to make sure that it is truly free as a open source has all the features and plugins enabled. Can you please kindly confirm? Also is there a detailed document to install Discourse on my local Linux box?
Thanks and greatly appreciate your time,
-Sudharsan.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-installation-with-all-features/124760/2 "2019-08-02T21:39:51Z")
> [@sudhar99](#):
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> Just want to make sure that it is truly free as a open source has all the features and plugins enabled. Can you please kindly confirm?
Yes as covered in [our website](https://www.discourse.org/about#different):
> There is only one version of Discourse – [_the awesome open source version_](https://github.com/discourse/discourse). There’s no super secret special paid commercial version with better or more complete features. Because Discourse is 100% open source forum software, now and forever, it belongs to you as much as it belongs to us. That’s how community works.
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> Everything that most communities would want is included out of the box; a giant collection of complex plugins should not be required to have a great experience.
> [@sudhar99](#):
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> Also is there a detailed document to install Discourse on my local Linux box?
Yes at [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)
> [@sudhar99](#):
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> best open source for our enterprise forum
We also offer enterprise hosting at [Discourse Enterprise | Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/enterprise)
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-installation-with-all-features/124760/3 "2019-08-02T21:44:39Z")
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