# Supported Free Installations **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/supported-free-installations/302064 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** hosting **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supported-free-installations/302064 "2024-04-02T15:47:20Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [April 2, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supported-free-installations/302064/4 "2024-04-02T16:10:27Z")
Search is your friend: > [@Free hosts to install Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639): > > I know about self-hosting, but are there any other ways to host the Discourse install? > [@Is there a completely free way to install Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-completely-free-way-to-install-discourse/36039): > > I really blunt question. Is there any completely free ways to install discourse. I am a beginner so simple terms would be great! > [@Is installing Discourse for free impossible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-installing-discourse-for-free-impossible/94964): > > I’d like to use Discourse but if the only way to use this is to fork over 100$ then I would just stick to something like myBB or phpBB > [@Install Discourse on Oracle Cloud Free Tier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-oracle-cloud-free-tier/215749): > > --- Oracle offers a free plan including two low-spec virtual machines able to run Discourse. This trial has no time limit.warning These virtual machines are very slow and I advise you not to use them for hosting a community. That said, it can be enough to host a very small community that doesn’t care about the slowness, or for personal projects/tests. Requirements A credit card number - you won’t be charged anything, but it’s needed to register the free account A domain name An email pro… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supported-free-installations/302064)._