I'm working on a open-source, self-hosted alternative to Disqus

In plain words

Cusdis is an open-source, self-hosted commenting system designed as an alternative to Disqus. Developers and website owners can deploy it on their own infrastructure to manage comments on their sites. The tool is built for those who want comment functionality without relying on third-party services, offering greater control over data and customization options.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  Open-source, lightweight comment system for your website

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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…

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