Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

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 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. Isso - a commenting server similar to Disqus launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲271

   2019 · commento.io · its alternatives →

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   Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-free alternative to Disqus▲233

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

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A statically-rendered, integrated comment system for Jamstack blogsfree tier, from $5/mo▲5

   A blog comment service and Disqus alternative that won

   2021 · jamcomments.com · its alternatives →

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   Caint.casa, a simple hosted comment system▲6

   2021 · caint.casa · its alternatives →

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   CommentBox.io▲120

   A beautiful, ad-free alternative to Disqus.

   2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →

6. 6IM
   I'm working on a open-source, self-hosted alternative to Disqus▲436

   2021 · cusdis.com · its alternatives →

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   CommentBox.io – a responsible alternative to Disqus▲64

   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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   Disqus (relaunch)▲12

   Turn your comments into a Reddit like community

   2015 · disqus.com · its alternatives →

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   Disqus iOS App▲6

   A better experience for commenters

   2016 · blog.disqus.com · its alternatives →

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    Epiverse – a comment system for all webpages▲9

    2016 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

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    Spacy.io▲86

    Semantic analysis of the Reddit hivemind

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Self-hosted comment engine powered by leveldb, with oauth support▲8

    2017 · apps.dyuproject.com · its alternatives →

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    Replacing WordPress with GitHub Issues-like Blog Comments▲90

    2017 · dmitri.shuralyov.com · its alternatives →

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    Lect.io▲60

    MOOCs contextualized comments for lectures.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    A dead lightweight comment engine alternative to Disqus,(React, Koa)▲10

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

    2017 · metrue.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Kullish – Bring your own links (BYOL) comment aggregation▲7

    2020 · kulli.sh · its alternatives →

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    Discourse▲43

    New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.

    2014 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

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    Embeding HackerNews comments on static pages▲8

    2021 · yasircoskun.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Traverse, visually intuitive web commenting/discussion▲9

    2013 · 74.207.237.99 · its alternatives →

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    “Less Offset Comments” utility for nested comments▲5

    2017 · kostyatretyak.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21CI
    Commento is a lightweight, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲10

    2017 · adtac.pw · its alternatives →

22. 22OS
    Open-source Disqus alternative, with hot-reloading and guest commentingfree▲10

    2020 · demo.souradip.com · its alternatives →

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    EWhiteboard – store arbitrary content with annotations and comments▲5

    2016 · ewhiteboard.co · its alternatives →

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    DISQUS HOME▲5

    Reddit like social network powered by comments on 3M sites

    2015 · disqus.com · its alternatives →

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 →