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Discourse hosting on your own server
A modern, open-source discussion forum platform.
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What Discourse does
Discourse is a forum platform built for community discussion, with threaded topics, trust levels, moderation tools, and email digest integration. Companies and communities use it for support forums, product feedback boards, and general discussion spaces. Its plugin and theme system covers everything from polls to custom moderation workflows for larger communities.
Discourse at a glance
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Source code
- github.com/discourse/discourse
- Website
- discourse.org
- Runs on
- Your own server (VPS)
- Good to know
- Needs PostgreSQL, Redis, and Ruby on Rails; recommends running via its official Docker setup.
Community discussion forums
Product support and feedback boards
Company knowledge-sharing communities
Discourse, connected to the rest of your business
On your domain
Discourse answers at an address like discourse.yourbusiness.com, with SSL and daily backups switched on.
Mail from your address
Discourse sends its emails from your CloudWish business mailbox. Business email
AI with a cap you set
Give Discourse its own AI key with a monthly spend cap. Usage shows as its own line on your bill. AI in your apps (early access)