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Nearly two years ago we started very carefully experimenting with free hosting of open source projects. We recently rolled out the v2 of this program for open source projects, and today we're extending the same offer for Patreon creators. Free Discourse Hosting For Your Patreon ProjectAre you a creator on

Nearly two years ago we started very carefully experimenting with free hosting of open source projects. Today we're announcing the next iteration of our free hosting program, casting a much wider net this time. Free Discourse Hosting For Your Open Source ProjectDo you run a popular open source project? Then

Since May this year we’ve been working with a handful of incredibly talented students. Google Summer of Code 2017 has now concluded, and we have some kick-ass new features to show for it. If you’re interested in a similar type of program, you should read about Outreachy further

Interest-based forums are perhaps the ultimate community experience. These oases on the internet are where you realise that geeking out big-time on knitting, robotics, fantasy football or what-have-you is totally a thing, and there’s no shortage of likeminded enthusiasts out there ready to geek out with you. Unfortunately these

This summer, Discourse will be participating in three different "summer of code" projects! Google Summer of Code 2017First of all, we're happy to announce that we've been accepted into Google Summer of Code for the 2nd time in a row. Official ProfileIdeas ListApplication GuideRails Girls Summer of Code 2017As per

The following is a guest post by Sam Nazarko, CEO and founder of OSMC.tv Are you using Discourse in a novel way? If you're interested in writing a guest post like this one, please get in touch. In 2014, I started working on a new project, OSMC (Open Source

NOTE: This announcement has should be considered deprecated and out of date, as it has been superseded by "Free Hosting for Open Source v2".Discourse is proudly and unconditionally 100% open source ever since our public launch just over 3 years ago. Open source does not exist in a vacuum.

In late October Mozilla announced something called the Mozilla Open Source Support Program. Their selection criteria seemed favourable towards Discourse, so we decided to take a shot at it. I am reminded regularly of how deeply Mozillians identify open source and free software as a critical element of an open

It's been a little over a month since we launched our second partner, Boing Boing. Boing Boing has a long history of experimenting with comment and discussion systems. The Web Archives has images of Boing Boing going all the way back to 1998, where I found: eGroups (1998 - 2001,

If you click the "Buy" link on Discourse, you'll find out that you can't … yet. Our immediate plan is to find three great partners willing to live on the bleeding beta edge and run forums with us, so that we can be confident we've built a discussion platform that works