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A comment on Show HN: Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-free alternative to Disqus.

Re:Show HN: Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-fre... by j_s on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:52PM (#14205865)
Related discussion: Replacing Disqus with GitHub Comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14170041

Recommended alternatives to Commento (Golang):

· https://posativ.org/isso/ (Python)

· https://github.com/jimpick/lambda-comments (Node.js, AWS)

Github-based alternatives:

· https://staticman.net for Github comments

· Github Issues for comments ( http://donw.io/post/github-comments/ )

> https://github.com/shurcooL/issuesapp

> http://ebarnouflant.com/posts/4-turn-your-github-issues-into...

· Github Wiki for blogging: https://github.com/stickfigure/blog/wiki/GitHub%27s-wiki-mak...

· remove comments and use Pull Requests and Issues for substantive discussion

Other options:

· Reddit, Facebook, Discourse for comments

· Privacy via Disqus comments on demand when pressing a button

· Google Wave via Sandstorm

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Re:Show HN: Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-fre... by stevekemp on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:24AM (#14210017)
Also my toy-project:

https://github.com/skx/e-comments/

Demo:

https://tweaked.io/guide/demo/

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Re:Show HN: Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-fre... by tyingq on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:50PM (#14208591)
Firebase is probably an interesting option as it would likely fit in the free tier, and JavaScript friendly, so easy on-page integration.

And you get Google, Twitter, GitHub, etc sign on for free.

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