# Discussion platform advice
**URL:** https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345 "2020-10-13T15:20:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jonl](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/jonl)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345/1 "2020-10-13T15:20:16Z")
I am selecting a discussion-forum platform for a project, and am curious about what Tryton uses. Am I right that [discuss.tryton.org](http://discuss.tryton.org) uses [GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.](http://github.com/discourse/discourse)? (As opposed to the Python version, pydiscourse.) Are you using the hosted version (via [discourse.org](http://discourse.org)), or self-hosting? (I would guess self-hosting.)
(Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. I tried freenode, but was blocked with the message, “Cannot send to nick/channel”.)
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### Author:  [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345/2 "2020-10-13T16:02:43Z")
> [@jonl](#):
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> Am I right that [discuss.tryton.org](http://discuss.tryton.org) uses [github.com/discourse/discourse](http://github.com/discourse/discourse)?
Yes.
> [@jonl](#):
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> As opposed to the Python version, pydiscourse.
This is a python library to communicate with a discourse instance.
> [@jonl](#):
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> Are you using the hosted version (via [discourse.org](http://discourse.org)), or self-hosting?
It is self-hosted on a droplet which was setup by [https://www.literatecomputing.com/discourse-installation-packages/](https://www.literatecomputing.com/discourse-installation-packages/)
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### Author:  [@jonl](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/jonl)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345/3 "2020-10-13T16:14:55Z")
Thank you for the answers.
Do you know if you are able to use the Discourse mobile app with self-hosted instances, or if that requires hosting through [discourse.org](http://discourse.org)?
[Edit. Never mind. I see now that the mobile app is only available through [discourse.org](http://discourse.org).]
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### Author:  [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345/4 "2020-10-13T16:29:33Z")
I’m actually answering from de discourse hub app 😉
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### Author:  [@jonl](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/jonl)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/discussion-platform-advice/3345/5 "2020-10-13T16:40:55Z")
That’s good to know. Thanks!