Disqus offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue.
Commento AlternativesComment Platforms and other similar apps like Commento
Commento is described as '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' and is a comment platform in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Commento for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Wordpress and Linux apps. The best Commento alternative is Disqus, which is free. Other great apps like Commento are Isso, utterances, giscus and ReplyBox.
Alternatives list
- 52 Disqus alternatives
- 34 Isso alternatives
Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

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


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

Comments about ReplyBox as an Alternative to Commento


- ReplyBox is Paid and Proprietary
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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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.



HTML Comment Box is an easy wasy for your website to receive, and optionally approve/delete comments from your visitors.



































I've had some bad issues with Commento, so I was looking for an alternative. ReplyBox is very easy to install and setup and the free plan is more than enough for my small blog.