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<a href="http://www.discourse.org/"></a>
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Discourse is the 100% open source, next-generation discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. It works as:
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- a mailing list
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- a discussion forum
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- a longer form chat room
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To learn more about the philosophy and goals of the project, [visit **discourse.org**](http://www.discourse.org).
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## Screenshots
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[](http://bbs.boingboing.net)
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[](http://discuss.howtogeek.com)
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[](http://discuss.newrelic.com)
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[](https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/)
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[](http://discuss.atom.io)
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[](http://discourse.soylent.me)
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## Getting Started
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1. If you're **brand new to Ruby and Rails**, please see [**Discourse as Your First Rails App**](http://blog.discourse.org/2013/04/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/) or our [**Discourse Vagrant Developer Guide**](docs/VAGRANT.md), which includes a development environment in a virtual machine.
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2. If you're familiar with how Rails works and are comfortable setting up your own environment, use our [**Discourse Advanced Developer Guide**](docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md).
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Before you get started, ensure you have the following minimum versions: [Ruby 1.9.3+](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/), [PostgreSQL 9.1+](http://www.postgresql.org/download/), [Redis 2.6+](http://redis.io/download). If you're having trouble, please see our [**TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE**](docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) first!
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## Setting up a Discourse Forum
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If you want to set up a Discourse forum for production use, see our [**Discourse Install Guide**](docs/INSTALL.md).
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If you're looking for business class hosting, see [discourse.org/buy](http://www.discourse.org/buy/).
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## Requirements
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Discourse is built for the *next* 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high:
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| Browsers | Tablets | Smartphones |
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| Safari 5.1+| iPad 2+ | iOS 6+ |
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| Google Chrome 23+ | Android 4.1+ | Android 4.1+ |
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| Internet Explorer 10+ | Windows 8 | Windows Phone 8 |
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| Firefox 16+ | |
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Internet Explorer 9.0 is technically supported, but it is our absolute minimum spec browser and may not be fully functional.
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## Built With
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- [Ruby on Rails](https://github.com/rails/rails) — Our back end API is a Rails app. It responds to requests RESTfully and responds in JSON.
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- [Ember.js](https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js) — Our front end is an Ember.js app that communicates with the Rails API.
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- [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) — Our main data store is in Postgres.
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- [Redis](http://redis.io/) — We use Redis for our job queue, rate limiting, as a cache and for transient data.
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Plus *lots* of Ruby Gems, a complete list of which is at [/master/Gemfile](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/Gemfile).
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## Contributing
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[](https://travis-ci.org/discourse/discourse)
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[](https://codeclimate.com/github/discourse/discourse)
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Discourse is **100% free** and **open-source**. We encourage and support an active, healthy community that
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accepts contributions from the public. We'd like you to be a part of that community.
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Before contributing to Discourse:
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1. Please read the complete mission statements on [**discourse.org**](http://www.discourse.org). Yes we actually believe this stuff; you should too.
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2. Read and sign the [**Electronic Discourse Forums Contribution License Agreement**](http://discourse.org/cla).
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3. Dig into [**CONTRIBUTING.MD**](CONTRIBUTING.md), which covers submitting bugs, requesting new features, preparing your code for a pull request, etc.
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4. Not sure what to work on? [**We've got some ideas.**](http://meta.discourse.org/t/so-you-want-to-help-out-with-discourse/3823)
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We look forward to seeing your pull requests!
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## The Discourse Team
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The original Discourse code contributors can be found in [**AUTHORS.MD**](docs/AUTHORS.md). For a complete list of the many individuals that contributed to the design and implementation of Discourse, please refer to [the official Discourse blog](http://blog.discourse.org/2013/02/the-discourse-team/) and [GitHub's list of contributors](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/contributors).
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## Copyright / License
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Copyright 2014 Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.0 (or later);
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you may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
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You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file, or at:
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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Discourse logo and “Discourse Forum” ®, Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
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## Dedication
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Discourse is built with [love, Internet style.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1TZaElTAs)
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