Coral
Open-source commenting platform for newsrooms
Coral is an open-source commenting and discussion platform created by Vox Media for newsrooms and publishers. It provides threaded comments, robust moderation tools, and reader engagement features.
Key features
- Threaded comment discussions
- Advanced moderation tools
- Reader engagement features
- Newsroom focused
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (2k GitHub stars)
- Written in TypeScript
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