Yes. The standard install is Discourse. dashboard.literatecomputing.com does a standard install.
He’s a highly respected developer in the Discourse community. It’s a very generous offer. As he describes you’ll be able to move to another host by taking a backup and restoring it elsewhere. But if Free seems too good to be true, for $7-15/month, you can take up my offer and know that you are paying Digital Ocean for a VM and that it won’t go away as long as you are paying.