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If you want to set up a Discourse forum for production use, see our [**Discourse Install Guide**](docs/INSTALL.md).
## Vision
Discourse is a **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, a free, flexible, fundamental building block for online discussion communities of any size, tiny to huge.
- A **flattened, endlessly scrolling discussion**, avoiding the awkwardness of traditionally threaded and paginated discussion, where replies can be expanded in place for context.
- A **user trust system** that grants users rights to assist in governing the forum as they participate in good faith over time. The goal is for the forum to be nearly self-moderating in the absence of any formal moderators, although excellent moderators always accelerate the process greatly.
- An **advanced JavaScript app** which runs in modern browsers and works identically on desktop and tablet and smartphone without the need for a native app.
- A **contemporary, robust technology stack**, free of legacy PHP and MySQL constraints.
Internet discussion belongs to everyone, not just huge corporate websites.
## Requirements
Discourse is built for the *next* 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high: