Isso – a commenting server similar to Disqus

Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

Features

• Comments written in Markdown
  Users can edit or delete own comments (within 15 minutes by default). Comments in moderation queue are not publicly visible before activation.
• SQLite backend
  Because comments are not Big Data.
• Disqus & WordPress Import
  You can migrate your Disqus/WordPress comments without any hassle.
• Configurable JS client
  Embed a single JS file, 65kB (20kB gzipped) and you are done.

See isso-comments.de for a live demo, more details and documentation.

Screenshot

Getting started

Requirements

• Python 3.8+ (+ devel headers)
• SQLite 3.3.8 or later
• a working C compiler

Install Isso from PyPi:

pip install isso

Then, follow the Quickstart guide.

If you're stuck, follow the Install guide, see Troubleshooting and browse the the full documentation.

Docker

[!NOTE]
The Docker image tagging scheme for stable releases was changed from :latest to :release as of March 2024 (#970, #1012)

A Docker image with the latest stable release is provided at ghcr.io/isso-comments/isso:release, while isso:latest is rebuilt on every push to the master branch. See Using Docker.

The maintainers recommend pinning the image to a release tag, e.g. isso:0.13.0.

Contributing

• Pull requests are very much welcome! These might be good first issues
• See Ways to Contribute
• Translate

Development

Refer to the docs for Installing from Source.

Help

• Join #isso via IRC on Libera.Chat
• Ask a question on GitHub Discussions.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.