IMHO one of the big advantages of Flarum is that it runs nicely on a shared host with php support (and with SSH access). If one rents a VPS (and deals with all the additional system maintenance burden) you could also easily install Discourse or NodeBB.

If you are based in the EU, OVH or Netcup provide good VPS and shared hosts that run Flarum nicely.

duman DO blocks the port for edu accounts can u help me out regarding this? I'm not able to send any emails over flarum

    I have used many hosting services in the past and by far the best one to date is Liquid Web. They are absolutely flawless so far in my personal experiences and their support team are second to none. You may have seem me boast about the service in other discussions throughout the forum but I am yet to find a better service.

    Some people comment about price and what not but with Liquid Web, you definitely get what you pay for. Check them out and see for yourself. ?

      I can recommend Uberspace especially if you understand some German (the registration process right now comes in German although Google translate should be able to help). The documentation is available in English though.

      https://manual.uberspace.de/

      Uberspace right now only offers shared hosting but comes with a lot of freedom for those who are willing to work with a command line interface (no cPanel, Confixx or Plesk). Installing Flarum was easy, composer is installed by default, HTTPS is enforced by default, you don't need to care about that.

      You decide how much you want to pay, but minimum price should be 5 Euro per month. If your price doesn't match your strain on the server they will tell you. All in all very nice people and a professional approach.

      I am using https://scaleway.com . it is very development friendly with amazing prices (starts at 3 euro/month for 50 GB SSD VPS) .

      this is not a ad by the way (although I wish they had affiliate program ? )

      Cjcrux Yes I am; two for that matter. No problems whatsoever and the process was fluid. You won't be disappointed if you went with Liquid Web.

          a year later

          I build my own server and tweaking for private hosting usage (my clients only). It has many different unique setup comparing commercial webhosting.. If you interest, drop me a message 😄

            4 years later

            Consider Uberspace if you're comfortable with some German (Google Translate can assist during registration). They provide shared hosting without cPanel, Confixx, or Plesk, focusing on a command-line interface. Installing Flarum is easy with default Composer and enforced HTTPS. Pricing starts at 5 Euros per month, and they offer feedback if your usage doesn't align with your plan. Uberspace provides professional service with friendly support.

            I have a VPS with Hetzner and I am very happy with it. I am running it on one of their Arm64 VPS's with a ton of RAM and vCPU's and the price is great. I have that paired with Laravel Forge which makes setting up daemons for Realtime and Redis much much easier.