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+name: Best place for self-hosting issues is the community forum
+about: Please do not submit issues here
+title: ''
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+Please do not submit issues here. Best place for self-hosting issues, questions and ideas is [the community forum here on GitHub](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/discussions/categories/self-hosted-support). Thanks!