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24 alternatives to A dead lightweight comment engine alternative to Disqus,(React, Koa)

A dead simple comment engine built on top of AWS lambda and React, alternative comment service to Disqus.

YoYo is a lightweight comment system built on React and AWS Lambda as an alternative to Disqus. It runs on AWS infrastructure including Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB for the backend, with the React client deployed… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. A dead lightweight comment engine alternative to Disqus,(React, Koa) launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A fast, bloat-free comments platform (Github mirror) - adtac/commento

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Enable discussion in your product effortlessly

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Replyke▲346

    APIs for user content, social graphs, and moderation tools

    2025 · sublay.io · its alternatives →

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    Hosted commenting that's painless to embed, a pleasure to use, and a breeze to moderate.

    2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →

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    Yoyo is a full-stack PHP framework to create rich, dynamic interfaces using server-rendered HTML. You keep on writing PHP and let Yoyo make your creations come alive. - clickfwd/yoyo

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A beautiful, ad-free alternative to Disqus.

    2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →

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    Disqus alternative. License: AGPL. Uses a bit much memory (2 GB min, 4 better), should be possible to get below 0.5 GB if pre-compiling JVM stuff. There's SaaS hosting. Long term (2027+ ?), the idea is that inactive blogs (those that don't get comments) pay 1? 2? EUR / month. Then, one wouldn't need to feel stressed up about having an inactive blog — it'd cost about the same as the domain name. Previously on HN: (as you can see, I've been working on this for a while — had another job in between, and, sleepiness health problems, making things take longer, plus, being generally clueless…

    2025 · blog-comments.talkyard.io · its alternatives →

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    Hashnode▲250

    A friendly and inclusive Q&A network for coders

    2015 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'd like to share a fun project I've been working on: mizu.js. It's a js library that add functional attributes support into your html, designed to be a simple and flexible alternative to fully-fledged web frameworks (such as Vue, React, and Angular), while offering more capabilities than other lightweight options (like Alpine.js and htmx). As it's written using modern ES features and due to its isomorphic nature, it can be run in both browsers and runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun) without any changes. This makes it ideal for client-side and server-side rendering, as well as static site…

    2024 · mizu.sh · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm Aleksander, and I built Simple Commenter to solve a problem I faced as a freelance web developer. This tool simplifies client feedback by allowing comments directly on your website with just one line of code. It works seamlessly with platforms like WordPress, Shopify, and Webflow. The backend is user-friendly, making comment management easy. If you're dealing with similar challenges, check it out!

    2024 · simplecommenter.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, We've been experimenting with a real-time, version-controlled NoDB for Deno & React called GoatDB. The idea is to remove backend complexity while keeping apps fast, offline-resilient, and easy to self-host. Runs on the client – No backend required, incremental queries keep things efficient. Self-hosted & lightweight – Deploy a single executable, no server stack needed. Offline-first & resilient – Clients work independently & can restore state after server outages. Edge-native & fast – Real-time sync happens locally with minimal overhead. Why We Built It: We needed something that’s…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FastComments is a live commenting system and Disqus alternative for static sites, WordPress, and any web application. Frontend and backend SDKs for building commenting and chat features into your existing applications.

    2020 · fastcomments.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple to use text only blog using CloudFlare Workers and KV - jonfraser/simpletext

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Heyoya▲102

    Voice comments for websites & blogs

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    We're excited to announce Lowdefy V4, a full-stack web framework built on top of Next.js that simplifies building web applications, internal tools, admin panels, BI dashboards, and CRUD apps using YAML or JSON configuration files. New in V4: Next.js: Lowdefy now runs on top of the Next.js framework. All of Auth.js: App auth is now handled by Auth.js supported providers, adapters and callbacks and events, easy to configure, but all of which can be customized. Plugin extensibility: Apps can now be extended with any npm or pnpm workspace plugins. Our story: We have developed a simple…

    2021 · lowdefy.com · its alternatives →

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    A self-hostable Wasm sandbox for JavaScript workers.

    Jun 2026 · kyushu.dev · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight, privacy-focussed alternative to Disqus.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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