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Try it out today!</h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt"> <p>Discourse Chat [https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881] is now available to everyone as an open beta and is 100% free and open source [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat], as always. 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For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames [https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212] based on the history of human communication; this release</p> </div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <ul class="author-list"> <li class="author-list-item"> <a href="/author/codinghorror/" class="static-avatar"> <img class="author-profile-image" src="//www.gravatar.com/avatar/0aef49a7f7155280042225b6b9e742f3?s=250&d=mm&r=x" alt="Jeff Atwood" loading="lazy" /> </a> </li> </ul> <div class="post-card-byline-content"> <span class="post-card-byline-author"><a href="/author/codinghorror/">Jeff Atwood</a></span> <span class="post-card-byline-date"><time datetime="2022-01-27">Jan 27, 2022</time> <span class="bull">•</span> 8 min read</span> </div> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-updates tag-hash-posts tag-hash-jekyll no-image no-image d-post-card "> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/2022/01/discourse-gives-back-2021/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-primary-tag">updates</div> <h2 class="post-card-title">Discourse Gives Back: 2021 Edition</h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt"> <p>Discourse had a great year. 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For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames [https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212] based on the history of human communication; this release</p> </div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <ul class="author-list"> <li class="author-list-item"> <a href="/author/codinghorror/" class="static-avatar"> <img class="author-profile-image" src="//www.gravatar.com/avatar/0aef49a7f7155280042225b6b9e742f3?s=250&d=mm&r=x" alt="Jeff Atwood" loading="lazy" /> </a> </li> </ul> <div class="post-card-byline-content"> <span class="post-card-byline-author"><a href="/author/codinghorror/">Jeff Atwood</a></span> <span class="post-card-byline-date"><time datetime="2021-05-18">May 18, 2021</time> <span class="bull">•</span> 7 min read</span> </div> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-updates tag-hash-posts tag-hash-jekyll no-image no-image d-post-card "> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/2020/11/discourse-2-6-released/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-primary-tag">updates</div> <h2 class="post-card-title">Discourse 2.6 released!</h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt"> <p>Today we release Discourse 2.6, building on Discourse 2.5 [https://civilized-discourse-construction-kit-inc.ghost.io/2020/06/discourse-2-5-released/] from June. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames [https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212] based on the history of human communication; this release</p> </div> </a> <footer class="post-card-meta"> <ul class="author-list"> <li class="author-list-item"> <a href="/author/codinghorror/" class="static-avatar"> <img class="author-profile-image" src="//www.gravatar.com/avatar/0aef49a7f7155280042225b6b9e742f3?s=250&d=mm&r=x" alt="Jeff Atwood" loading="lazy" /> </a> </li> </ul> <div class="post-card-byline-content"> <span class="post-card-byline-author"><a href="/author/codinghorror/">Jeff Atwood</a></span> <span class="post-card-byline-date"><time datetime="2020-11-30">Nov 30, 2020</time> <span class="bull">•</span> 5 min read</span> </div> </footer> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post tag-updates tag-hash-posts tag-hash-jekyll no-image no-image d-post-card "> <div class="post-card-content"> <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/2020/10/discourse-for-teams-is-here/"> <header class="post-card-header"> <div class="post-card-primary-tag">updates</div> <h2 class="post-card-title">Discourse for Teams is here!</h2> </header> <div class="post-card-excerpt"> <p>Editor’s note: Discourse Teams plan was sunset in April 2022 . 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