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What Discourse gives open source projects, who qualifies, and how to apply. 1 verified offer, last checked 2026-09-07.
FOS-0066 ACTIVE verified 2026-09-07

Discourse

Discourse hosted forum (probono plan for open source)
What you get
Free managed Discourse forum hosting on the probono plan: unlimited members and chat, unlimited public and private categories, unlimited tags, custom groups, email support, custom and community themes, custom domain, API and webhook access, and 5 staff seats. Hosted on a .discourse.group subdomain unless approved for a custom domain.
Applies to
the project , not individual maintainers
Requirements
no stated requirements
How to apply
Application form on the offer page (email, community name, project link, description, contributor count, desired URL); agree to Discourse Self-Serve Hosting Terms.
Provenance
Confirmed against discourse.org/open-source on 2026-09-07, matched anchor “qualifying creators can apply for free hosting”.

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