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.