# Waarom wordt Discourse niet vaker aanbevolen als een "communityplatform"?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [15 maart 2022 om 21:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040 "2022-03-15T21:14:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@DawnConnie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DawnConnie)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2025 om 13:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/180 "2025-01-17T13:04:22Z")
I think this is probably the answer.
I’m brand new to Discourse as a Communites Engagement person, after moving to a new job role, but have discovered that I’ve actually been exposed to it a number of times as a user via a whitelabelled instance.
I’ll definitely be recommending Discourse as a solution in my networks in future!
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### Author:  [@Matthias\_Schuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthias_Schuster)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2025 om 16:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/181 "2025-01-26T16:23:37Z")
> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> Which Matrix channel was that?
Sorry, I did forget. I think the Arch Offtopic one ^^
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### Author:  [@Matthias\_Schuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthias_Schuster)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2025 om 16:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/182 "2025-01-26T16:25:03Z")
Personally, I think the main reason is, that there is no obvious way for open source projects to get hosted. I would also love to use Discourse for my project, but the platforms make it hard and expensive.
That would be my number 1 feedback.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [28 januari 2025 om 03:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/184 "2025-01-28T03:32:42Z")
We offer free hosting for open source projects that meet certain criteria. Have you reached out to see whether you are eligible?
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [28 januari 2025 om 08:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/185 "2025-01-28T08:51:50Z")
> [@HAWK](#):
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> free hosting for open source projects
Yup, see [Free Hosting for Open Source v2](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/11/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/)!
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### Author:  [@EricM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricM)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2026 om 18:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/189 "2026-03-16T18:59:41Z")
I think there a hosting plans specifically for discourse server. I haven’t tried any yet. I’m just playing around with the trial. Not open source but for community organization.
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