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title: Self Hosting DEV
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## Hosting your own DEV instance
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We envision that the DEV codebase will eventually be generalized to the point
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where it can be used to power other communities and ecosystems. We're excited
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for the project to mature to that point, but we're not quite there yet.
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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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### 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 dev.to project.
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- DEV has commercial licenses for certain design components as described in our
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[Design License
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Info](https://docs.dev.to/design/branding/#design-license-info) section. These
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licenses are specific to the dev.to project, and may not extend to self-hosted
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versions.
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### I want to stand up my own entity using the DEV 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 in [this
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thread](https://dev.to/ben/so-you-want-to-stand-up-your-own-instance-of-dev-help-thread-1elo).
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