84 Like Discourse Good alternative? YES NO Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. A modern forum, everything's been redesigned to be easy. Self-hosted... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Ruby JavaScript Docker Integrated Spam Protection Live Push Notifications Mobile friendly Patreon Integration REST API Slack integration ... Trust Level system Add a feature
82 Like Disqus Good alternative? YES NO Disqus offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue. Freemium Web Windows Phone Wordpress OAUTH Add a feature
14 Like Isso Good alternative? YES NO Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus. It supports CRUD... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
12 Like talkatv Good alternative? YES NO talkatv is an open source comment service much like Disqus or IntenseDebate . Free Open Source Web JavaScript Embeddable Add a feature Discontinued The last commit to the GitHub repo was on December 3rd, 2012.
10 Like HashOver Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
16 Like Pubble Good alternative? YES NO Pubble is the world's best Q&A platform. We make it simple and easy to add a great Q&A platform to any blog, website or Facebook page. We believe in... Commercial Web Q&A Add a feature
7 Like Juvia Good alternative? YES NO A commenting server similar to Disqus and IntenseDebate Licensed under AGPL: https://github.com/phusion/juvia/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature Discontinued Per project's README: Juvia is currently unmaintained. See https://github.com/phusion/juvia
5 Like Commentar Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Self-Hosted Modular System Add a feature Discontinued The last commit to the GitHub repo was on Juky 27nd, 2014.
5 Like Master Comments System Alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
6 Like jskomment Good alternative? YES NO jskomment is an open source commenting system that is built on javascript and AJAX. Free Open Source Linux BSD Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
6 Like Spirit-Project Good alternative? YES NO Spirit is a modern discussion platform. Notifications Receive an automatic notification everytime someone mentions your @name, quotes you or answers to your... Free Open Source Self-Hosted Django Add a feature
4 Like RbComment Good alternative? YES NO RbComment - Zend Framework 2 module for drop-in, self-hosted comments, with email notifications, Akismet, ZfcUser and Gravatar integration. Free Open Source Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
3 Like coComment Good alternative? YES NO coComment is a service for managing, powering and researching conversations online. When using coComment, you can keep track of your comments across any site, share them... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Firefox Firefox extension Add a feature Discontinued Seems to be discontinued as of April 2 2013.
4 Like Livefyre Good alternative? YES NO Livefyre is an embeddable real-time commenting platform that turns comments on any site into live conversations, increases the quality of those conversations, and drives... Free Web No features added Add a feature Discontinued Livefyre was acquired by Adobe and integrated into the Adobe Experience Manager. The Community Comments feature is being discontinued: https://livefyre.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/215571503-Details-and-important-dates
3 Like MUUT Good alternative? YES NO It's basically a closed source self hosted new and re-thinked forum solution, which can also work as commenting system. Freemium Web Embeddable Add a feature
