The powerful, open platform for communities of all kinds

From companies to creators, thousands trust Discourse as the place to build flourishing, civilized communities

Build your community

Thriving communities made easy

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Discourse is a world-class, modern, community platform that has been my choice for many of my clients. What's more, they are a great team, and continuously innovate in making Discourse even better year-after-year. Highly recommended!

Jono Bacon
Community Strategy Consultant and Author of People Powered
Build your community

A community you own

  • Fully open source

    The entire Discourse codebase is open and freely available to the public—forever.
  • Truly portable data

    No matter where your forum lives, you retain full ownership of your data.

    No lock-in, no hidden fees, no data sent to advertisers.
  • Unlimited conversation history

    Always have full access to your community's conversation history—no questions asked.
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The altMBA teaches people how to lead in a changing world, and it works because of the community. Our workshops are built on conversation, which is also why they're built on Discourse. This one indispensable tool curbs the worst parts of social media and brings an incredible flexibility to our tech stack. It's the part of our business I never worry about because I've seen the care, skill, and thoughtfulness that goes into building Discourse.

Alex Peck
CTO, Akimbo

World-class hosted customer support

With our responsive and helpful technical advocates by your side,
no problem goes unconquered.

I wanna shout out the team at @discourse. Often we see Twitter used as a resource to commiserate on bad experiences with services but it's wonderful to amplify the extraordinary. Every time I've needed help, the team at Discourse has been super responsive and helpful. Y'all rock.
Hayley Rosenblum
@HayleyFiasco
Build your community

You're in good company

Every day 50 new Discourse forums are created

Discourse now powers over 30,000 online communities of all shapes and sizes, including:

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  • Frostbite logo
  • CCP logo
  • Western Digital logo
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Over 3.9 million posts created and 541 million page views served in October on our hosting!

Choose your own community adventure

Whether self-hosting your forum for free or letting us handle all the technical details for you, you decide where your community lives.

All prices in USD

Forever Free

$0 per month
Set it up on your own server and host it there

Discourse is 100% free, open source forum software.

Forever.

Standard

$100 per month
Connect with your community and grow together

Business

$300 per month
Scale your business and help your customers and users connect with each other
  • Everything in Standard, plus:
  • Included 15 admins & moderators
  • Included 500k monthly page views
  • Included 100GB storage
  • Included 300k monthly emails
  • Included Amazon, LinkedIn, and Microsoft authentication
  • Included OpenID Connect
  • Included Custom OAuth2
  • Included Learning Management System Integration
  • Included Business plugins
  • Included Migration
  • Included Priority email support

Enterprise

Our most powerful plan to customize the design of your brand's community experience

Included in all paid plans

SSL / Mobile app / Global CDN

Discourse for Enterprise

All Discourse customers get the same complete feature set, but some communities require additional attention, whether because of their size, customization, or complexity.

With Enterprise you get the infrastructure and support needed to ensure the success of your unique community. Learn more โ†’

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