2023-06-20 • Say Hi • Vno

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Commento

Commento is a fast, bloat-free commenting system written in Go, that you can host on your own server. It embeds directly into your pages, loads fast and is fully-customizable.

Features

Fast: Commento is fast. It can handle hundreds of comments per second on a single server.
Bloat-free: Commento aims to be feature-filled while keeping the UI clean and fast.
No tracking: Commento has no third-party integrations and does not track you or your users.
Open-source: Commento is completely open-source and licensed under the permissive MIT license.

Self-hosted

Commento is a fully open-source software that you can host yourself. You can run Commento on your own server and have complete control over your data. Commento is also available as a managed hosting service, with a generous free tier.

Why I choose Commento

I choose Commento because it is simple to use and it is self-hosted. It is also easy to integrate with my static site generator, Hugo. In addition, Commento is open source and free. I can host it on my own server and have complete control over my data.

How to integrate Commento with Hugo

Create a Commento account and get your Commento site ID.
Add the following code to the config.toml file in your Hugo site:

[params.commento]
  site_id = "<your-site-id>"

Add the following code to the layouts/partials/comments.html file in your Hugo site:

{{ if .Site.Params.commento.site_id }}
  <div id="commento"></div>
  <script defer src="https://cdn.commento.io/js/commento.js"></script>
{{ end }}

Docker compose file

version: '3'

services:
  server:
    image: registry.gitlab.com/commento/commento
    environment:
      COMMENTO_ORIGIN: https://commento.hamish-fleming.com
      COMMENTO_PORT: 8080
      COMMENTO_POSTGRES: postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/commento?sslmode=disable
    labels:
      - traefik.enable=true
      - traefik.docker.network=traf-external
      - traefik.http.routers.commento.entrypoints=web
      - traefik.http.routers.commento.rule=Host(`commento.hamish-fleming.com`)
      - traefik.http.routers.commento.middlewares=middlewares-https-redirect@file
      - traefik.http.routers.commento-secure.entrypoints=websecure
      - traefik.http.routers.commento-secure.rule=Host(`commento.hamish-fleming.com`)
      - traefik.http.services.commento-secure.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
      - traefik.http.routers.commento-secure.tls.certresolver=myresolver
      - traefik.http.routers.commento-secure.tls=true
    depends_on:
      - db
    networks:
      - frontend
      - db_network
  db:
    image: postgres:13.4
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: commento
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
    networks:
      - db_network
    volumes:
      - postgres_data_volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data

networks:
  db_network:
  frontend:
    external:
      name: traf-external

volumes:
  postgres_data_volume:

Conclusion

Commento is a fast, bloat-free commenting system written in Go, that you can host on your own server. It embeds directly into your pages, loads fast and is fully-customizable.

Hamish Fleming

Self Hosted Comment Solution