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Coral

Open-source commenting platform for newsrooms

Forums & Community ★ 2k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

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.

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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

Is Coral secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Coral's latest release (v9.11.8). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2021-35970, published 2021-06-30 (1932 days ago), fixed in 4.12.1

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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