Cactus Comments
Federated commenting system built on Matrix
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.
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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