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title: Self Hosting Forem
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## Hosting your own Forem instance
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The codebase that powers [DEV](https://dev.to) is being
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[generalized to empower other communities](https://dev.to/devteam/for-empowering-community-2k6h).
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We've just started this journey, but we're excited to see where it takes the
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platform.
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We aren't quite ready for mainstream adoption of our platform,
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[Forem](https://forem.com), but that hasn't stopped some adventurous developers
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from standing up new communities.
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This page is designed to serve as an FAQ and a checklist of considerations that
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are relevant to the goal of eventually hosting your own version of our community
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platform.
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### Current limitations
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- We do not currently have a versioning system that will allow us to share fixes
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and improvements with modified versions of the code.
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- We aren't able to ensure support for new instances built from this project,
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yet.
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### License restrictions
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- Certain aspects of the app are currently hardcoded. For instance: logos,
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certain elements of content, etc. If you were to host the current version of
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the app, you would be inadvertently impersonating the core Forem/DEV project.
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- Forem/DEV has commercial licenses for certain design components as described
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in our
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[Design License Info](https://docs.forem.com/design/branding/#design-license-info)
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section. These licenses are specific to the Forem/DEV project, and may not
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extend to self-hosted versions.
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### I want to stand up my own entity using the Forem codebase, how can I help?
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- You can help us to generalize the code by removing DEV-specific language and
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images and replacing them with environment variables or database tables as
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appropriate.
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- You can commit to staying in very close coordination with us as we navigate
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the process together.
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The long-term benefits of doing this the right way far outweigh the short-term
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gains of spinning something up without consulting us. If you are interested in
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getting started with this process, [let us know](https://www.forem.com/)!
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