Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Commento
A lightweight, privacy-focussed alternative to Disqus.
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. Commento launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2019 · commento.io · its alternatives →
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A fast, bloat-free comments platform (Github mirror) - adtac/commento
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 3CI
2017 · adtac.pw · its alternatives →
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A fast, bloat-free comments platform (Github mirror) - adtac/commento
2017 · github.com · 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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CommentBox.io▲120A beautiful, ad-free alternative to Disqus.
2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →
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Comment without any sign-up process
2024 · commented.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · remarkbox.com · its alternatives →
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Commented▲766Simplify feedback, keep your team aligned, no live meetings
2023 · commented.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · dmitri.shuralyov.com · its alternatives →
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remark42▲72Remark42 is a self-hosted, lightweight commenting system
2021 · remark42.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · demo.souradip.com · its alternatives →
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Commentblocks▲101Hey HN, I'm a freelance web developer and got tired of the endless email chains during website QA. Clients would send screenshots with red circles, or worse, Word docs with "the button on the page with the thing." I'd spend more time decoding feedback than actually fixing stuff. So I built Commentblocks. You add a script to your staging site, send clients a link, and they click anywhere on the page to leave a comment. That's it. No signup for them, no explaining how to use it. Each comment captures the exact element, viewport size, browser, and URL. Comments show up in a dashboard or can go…
Feb 2026 · commentblocks.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Commenter▲212Hey 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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Privacy-first comments for modern websites. No ads.
Mar 2026 · commenthub.io · its alternatives →
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Replyke▲346APIs for user content, social graphs, and moderation tools
2025 · sublay.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · cusdis.com · 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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An extension for Firefox and Chrome to add comments to any URL - comntr/webext
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Automate replies, boost engagement, build relationships!
2025 · commento.social · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →