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Schnack

Lightweight self-hosted commenting system

Forums & Community ★ 1.8k stars Easy setup MIT

Schnack is a lightweight, self-hosted commenting system that website owners embed to host discussions without third-party trackers. It uses social login for moderation and stores comments in SQLite.

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Key features

  • Embeddable comment widget
  • Social login moderation
  • SQLite storage
  • No tracking

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
  • Written in JavaScript

Is Schnack secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Schnack'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.

Schnack replaces

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