# Which is the better option to self-host?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-is-the-better-option-to-self-host/311681 "2024-06-12T04:59:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-is-the-better-option-to-self-host/311681/13 "2024-06-12T07:09:15Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> May I ask why not install it (Docker) on my computer instead? What difference would it really make?

For use nothing, for installing something.

I have a rasp lying down and holding my personal photo gallery, for example. It doesn’t waste electricity too much and I don’t expose my laptop to every other users. Because I’m using already Discourse as a private notebook I could use raspberry for that because I don’t have need to access it from outside world and at same time I could save close to 10 buck a month VPS bills.

That is one reason. Matter of choise, nothing else.

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