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Mouthful

Lightweight self-hosted commenting engine

Forums & Community ★ 776 stars Easy setup MIT

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.

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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

Is Mouthful secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Mouthful's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

Mouthful replaces

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