Disqus offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue.
Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues. Use GitHub issues for blog comments, wiki pages and more!


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Kialo is an easy to use, yet powerful tool to engage in thoughtful discussion, understand different points of view, and help with collaborative decision-making.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online

A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions. Let visitors leave comments and reactions on your website via GitHub!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)


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Commento is a popular, fast, bloat-free commenting system that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and more. Open source at its core, Commento guarantees you privacy and does not include third-party trackers and advertisements, unlike alternatives such as Disqus.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron


ReplyBox is a simple, privacy-focused comment system that's light-weight and blazingly-fast.

Kontxt is an inline communication and engagement tool that adds live collaboration and interactivity to digital content. Enterprise productivity. Remote education. Site owner revenue. Personal social news aggregation, rating, sharing, and discussion.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Wordpress


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Parler is a non-biased free speech driven entity. The goal of Parler is to supply the infrastructure for the next generation of social media where content creators are supported for participating. Parler aims to empower users to control their social experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad


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Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the web, based on the Matrix protocol. The system is easily embedded, respects you and your users privacy and is completely free and open source.


Lyket is perfect for blogs, portfolios or e-commerces, it lets you add like buttons or clap buttons in any website in just a few minutes and with just a few lines of code.


Remark42 is a self-hosted, lightweight, and simple (yet functional) comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.


Chirpy is an open-source, privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate, you can embed a comment widget on a blog, a news article or any place where you want your readers to add comments.


Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Online


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HTML Comment Box is an easy wasy for your website to receive, and optionally approve/delete comments from your visitors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- JavaScript
HashOver is a PHP comment system intended as a replacement for services like Disqus. HashOver is free and open source software, under the GNU Affero General Public License. HashOver adds a "comment section" to any website, by placing a few simple lines of JavaScript or...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Self-Hosted

ommentics is a free, advanced PHP comment script with many features. Professionally written and with open source code, its main aims are to be integrable, customizable and secure. It is designed to be integrated into existing pages.



A commenting server similar to Disqus and IntenseDebate
Licensed under AGPL: https://github.com/phusion/juvia/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted

IntenseDebate is the premier commenting system available on the Internet for blogs and websites. IntenseDebate comments enhances and encourages conversation on your blog or website. With IntenseDebate you can give your blog readers the opportunity to better engage your blogs...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- TypePad
- Tumblr
- Blogger
- Wordpress
Commentar is a self hosted open source commenting system which can easily be integrated into any existing system. It is a modular system and some features that will be implemented are:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Self-Hosted


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Master Comments System is a very compact comments system with basic options:
Comments can be accepted from all users or only registered users. Admin can Edit/Delete/Ban. Users can Edit/Delete their last posted comment. Admin can view the IP/Browser of the user who posted the com.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
RbComment - Zend Framework 2 module for drop-in, self-hosted comments, with email notifications, Akismet, ZfcUser and Gravatar integration.






















































