What does Discourse use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 26 tools at Discourse (discourse.org) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Amazon Route 53. Application: Google Fonts, Font Awesome and GSAP. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Plausible. Go-to-market: Google Ads, HubSpot and Ahrefs. Company Ops: Google Workspace, Amazon SES and Let's Encrypt. Last checked October 20, 2026.

Discourse uses Amazon Web Services for hosting and cloud infrastructure, alongside GitHub Pages, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Amazon Web Services through Amazon Web Services code on discourse.org. Amazon Web Services is used by 145,468 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Discourse uses HubSpot for its CRM, alongside Apollo.io, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found HubSpot through HubSpot code on discourse.org. HubSpot is used by 93,611 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Discourse uses Google Workspace for email and office software, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Workspace through email records that authorize Google Workspace and code on discourse.org. Google Workspace is used by 401,486 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Discourse uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager and Plausible, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on discourse.org. Google Analytics is used by 874,275 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Discourse uses Ghost for its website, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Ghost through a subdomain that points at Ghost. Ghost is used by 868 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat found Google Fonts at Discourse through Google Fonts code on discourse.org. Google Fonts is a Media & UI tool used by 805,589 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat has found Anthropic at Discourse; Anthropic, for example, through a DNS verification record for Anthropic. AI services called only from servers leave no public trace, so Discourse may use more AI tools than these.

The companies with the stacks most like Discourse's are Chia Network, Planet Labs PBC, Very Good Security and Nextdoor, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 8 to 17 tools with Discourse, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 26 tools at Discourse, 12 were found through code on discourse.org, 8 through DNS records, 3 through email records and 3 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and discourse.org about monthly.