Mouthful
Lightweight self-hosted commenting engine
Mouthful is a small, self-hosted commenting server with a tiny embeddable widget and support for multiple database backends. It is a privacy-respecting alternative to hosted comment services.
Key features
- Tiny embeddable widget
- Multiple database backends
- Admin moderation panel
- Privacy respecting
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in Go
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