# Support embedding Discourse in an iframe

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-embedding-discourse-in-an-iframe/50405
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** embedding
**Created:** [9월 20, 2016, 6:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-embedding-discourse-in-an-iframe/50405 "2016-09-20T18:46:09Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 21, 2017, 12:55오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-embedding-discourse-in-an-iframe/50405/7 "2017-02-21T12:55:54Z")

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Because it’s an extremely fragile configuration. Discourse expects to control the browser tightly as a JavaScript app. This is not a static 1996 era web page to be slapped in an `<iframe>` willy-nilly, it’s _far_ more complex.

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