# Windows server publish method **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [January 12, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215 "2026-01-12T10:46:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal) #### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215/2 "2026-01-12T10:49:39Z")
Most, if not all servers nowadays run Linux, usually Debian or Ubuntu. Are you using this for production? If it’s for development, see: > [@Install Discourse on Windows for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-windows-for-development/75149/1): > > information_source This tutorial has been tested on Windows 10 and 11. To set up a development environment for Discourse on Windows, you can do it using [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install-win10) feature. This setup requires the WSL 2 installation. It is only available in Windows 10 builds 18917 or higher. We’ll assume that you already installed [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (Ubuntu)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) on your Windows 10 system. WARNING: Install Ubuntu 18.04, and not 20.04 since some installations will fail on 20.04. For m… > [@Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/15772): > > warning This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: [Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-in-production/142537) So you want to set up Discourse on macOS to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Mac. Let’s begin rocket ! Install Discourse Dependencies You will need the following packages on your system: [Git](http://git-scm.com/)[rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) or [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html)[ruby-build](https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build)[Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/) (latest s… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215)._