remark42
A lightweight and simple comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.
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Fetched · June 5, 2026 ★ 5,510 Latest: v1.16.1 Updated: June 4, 2026
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# Remark42 [](https://github.com/umputun/remark42/actions) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/umputun/remark42) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/umputun/remark42) [](https://coveralls.io/github/umputun/remark42?branch=master) [](https://app.codecov.io/gh/umputun/remark42) Remark42 is a self-hosted, lightweight and simple (yet functional) comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles, or any other place where readers add comments. * Social login via Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Apple, Yandex, Patreon, Discord, Telegram and custom OAuth2 providers * Login via email * Optional anonymous access * Multi-level nested comments with both tree and plain presentations * Import from Disqus and WordPress * Markdown support with friendly formatter toolbar * Moderator can remove comments and block users * Voting, pinning and verification system * Sortable comments * Images upload with drag-and-drop * Extractor for recent comments, cross-post * RSS for all comments and each post * Telegram, Slack, Webhook and email notifications for Admins (get notified for each new comment) * Email and Telegram notifications for users (get notified when someone responds to your comment) * Export data to JSON with automatic backups * No external databases, everything embedded in a single data file * Fully dockerized and can be deployed in a single command * Self-contained executable can be deployed directly to Linux, Windows and macOS * Clean, lightweight and customizable UI with white and dark themes * Multi-site mode from a single instance * Integration with automatic SSL (direct and via [nginx-le](https://github.com/nginx-le/nginx-le)) * [Privacy focused](https://remark42.com/#privacy) [Demo site](https://remark42.com/demo/) available with all authentication methods, including email auth and anonymous access. <details><summary>Screenshots</summary> Comments example:  For admin screenshots see [Admin UI documentation](https://remark42.com/docs/manuals/admin-interface/) </details> All remark42 documentation is available [by the link](https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/). ## Contribution In order to start and work on the project locally in development mode check our contribution documentation for [backend](https://remark42.com/docs/contributing/backend/) and [frontend](https://remark42.com/docs/contributing/frontend/). If you are interested in adding a new localization please check [these docs](https://remark42.com/docs/contributing/translations/). ## Related projects * [A Helm chart for Remark42 on Kubernetes](https://github.com/groundhog2k/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/remark42) * [django-remark42](https://github.com/andrewp-as-is/django-remark42.py)