Blog comments, nice looking, open source – Talkyard

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.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Below (scroll down) there are blog comments, embedded in an <iframe> . <script defer type="text/javascript"> talkyardServerUrl = 'https://kajmagnus-blog.talkyard.io'; </script> <script defer src="https://tyw-49f8.kxcdn.com/-/talkyard-comments.min.js"></script> You can embed Talkyard as a forum too (not just blog comments), although there's still some rough edges, for example you get logged out from an embedded forum on page reload, right now (but not from blog comments). See the Embedded Forum Demo . The comments: ( you can report any bugs in the the forum . So many different devices out there. The comments are actually from this blog post ; I've just embedded them here too, to show how it…from blog-comments.talkyard.io

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 &#x2F; month. Then, one wouldn't need to feel…

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