# Read-only static HTML copy to retire Discourse instance
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-static-html-copy-to-retire-discourse-instance/210644
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-static-html-copy-to-retire-discourse-instance/210644 "2021-12-01T07:47:14Z")
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### Author:  [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-static-html-copy-to-retire-discourse-instance/210644/1 "2021-12-01T07:47:14Z")
I’m considering to retire the Discourse instance I’m hosting since it doesn’t get much traction. But I would like to know if it’s possible to host an read-only copy. Because the topics are useful for others to find. Is it possible to create a copy without running the database and all dependencies? So, just a static HTML copy.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-static-html-copy-to-retire-discourse-instance/210644/2 "2021-12-01T12:46:48Z")
There are quite a few topics about that like
> [@A basic Discourse archival tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-basic-discourse-archival-tool/62614):
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> Archival tool updated with Codex May 2026 It seems that it’s pretty tricky to save an entire discourse site to a static version. According to [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433/10) by Jeff Atwood, it’s “much harder than you’d think”. It doesn’t appear that this is a priority for the Discourse team, either, which is perfectly understandable. For my purposes, though, I found that I really needed some way to generate basic, static HTML versions of my Discourse sites. I’ve been using Discourse for a couple of years now as a d…
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433/14?u=falco](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433/14)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-static-html-copy-to-retire-discourse-instance/210644/3 "2021-12-31T12:47:37Z")
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