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Cactus Comments

Federated commenting system built on Matrix

Chat & Communication ★ 200 stars Medium setup MIT

Cactus Comments is a privacy-friendly commenting system that uses Matrix rooms to store and federate comments on static websites. It is embeddable with a small script and works with any homeserver.

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Key features

  • Comments backed by Matrix
  • Federated discussion
  • Embeddable on static sites
  • Privacy friendly

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Elixir
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

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