Disqus alternative. License: AGPL. Uses a bit much memory (2 GB min, 4 better), should be possible to get below 0.5 GB if pre-compiling JVM stuff.<p>There's SaaS hosting. Long term (2027+ ?), the idea is that inactive blogs (those that don't get comments) pay 1? 2? EUR / month. Then, one wouldn't need to feel stressed up about having an inactive blog — it'd cost about the same as the domain name.<p>Previously on HN: (as you can see, I've been working on this for a while — had another job in between, and, sleepiness health problems, making things take longer, plus, being generally clueless in the beginning)<p>- <i>Show HN: New embedded comments, open-source, new features, alt to Disqus and Talk</i>, <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15242630">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15242630</a> (1 comment, 2017)<p>- <i>New open source Disqus alternative: Debiki Embedded Comments</i> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205878">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205878</a> (9 comments, 2014)<p>- <i>Show HN: A better discussion system. For blogs, forums, perhaps sites like HN</i> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4823103">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4823103</a> (7 comments, 2012)<p>Biz model isn't really blog comments — instead, it's forum software and B2B (the software works for forums too). But blogs are fun :-) and I need blog comments myself, so much to write about. Made in Sweden. No ads, no tracking.
Kudos for working on this for such a long time! You've clearly put a lot of thought into a good discussion system. I like the distinction between liking and disagreeing. I may like a comment because of what it adds to the discussion, and disagree with it at the same time. The two are often used interchangeably here and on Reddit, which is a shame.<p>Though I still like Slashdot's voting system the most. Granular votes for specific categories: informative, insightful, offtopic, etc. Limited amount of votes per user, and IIRC the vote quota increases with rank/karma.<p>BTW, there's a typo on your Pricing page: "The more interesting commets first", and the links under "Old plans" return 404. Though I would suggest a general revision of the copy on this page, and removing all the "later" features.