Blog comments, nice looking, open source – Talkyard
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…
In plain words
Talkyard is an open-source comment system for blogs, licensed under AGPL, designed as an alternative to Disqus. It features a clean interface and can be self-hosted or used through SaaS hosting. The software requires a minimum of 2 GB memory (4 GB recommended), though optimization efforts aim to reduce this requirement. Long-term plans include a low-cost subscription model for inactive blogs starting around 2027.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
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 in the beginning) - Show HN: New embedded comments, open-source, new features, alt to Disqus and Talk, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15242630 (1 comment, 2017) - New open source Disqus alternative: Debiki Embedded Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205878 (9 comments, 2014) - Show HN: A better discussion system. For blogs, forums, perhaps sites like HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4823103 (7 comments, 2012) Biz model isn't really blog comments — instead, it's forum software and B2B (the software works for forums too). But blogs are fun :-) and I need blog comments myself, so much to write about. Made in Sweden. No ads, no tracking.
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