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Self-Hosted Commenting System	2023-07-23 0:00:00 +0530	privacy self-hosted comment-system remark42	Open Source Services	hosted-commenting-system	path /assets/img/posts/remark42.png	remark42 self-hosted privacy

Privacy-focused lightweight commenting engine

Remark 42

It is a self-hosted, lightweight, and simple (yet functional) commenting system, which doesn’t spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.

Features

1. Social login via Google, Facebook, Github, and Yandex
2. Optional anonymous access
3. Multi-level nested comments with both tree and plain presentations
4. Import from Disqus and WordPress
5. Markdown support with friendly formatter toolbar
6. Moderator can remove comments and block users
7. Voting, pinning and verification system
8. Sortable comments
9. Images upload with drag-and-drop
10. Extractor for recent comments, cross-post
11. RSS for all comments and each post
12. Telegram notifications
13. Export data to JSON with automatic backups
14. No external databases, everything embedded in a single data file
15. Fully dockerized and can be deployed in a single command
16. The self-contained executable can be deployed directly to Linux, Windows, and MacOS
17. Clean, lightweight and customizable UI with white and dark themes
18. Multi-site mode from a single instance
19. Integration with automatic SSL (direct and via NGINX-le)
20. Privacy-focused