GitHub - splitbrain/meh: Meh... another comment system https://github.com/splitbrain/meh #alternative #integration #OpenSource #comments #mastodon #node.js #website #GitHub #sqlite #static #blog #PHP
I'm looking for a new comment system for my #Hugo blog, and I'm not seeing any clearly great options.
I've been using #Commento for #comments on my blog for a few years now, and it's about time to switch comment systems.
Commento has been effectively unmaintained for 4 years (see https://gitlab.com/commento/commento). Their (paid) hosted version has been continuing to work, but I've seen increasing numbers of errors lately, so it's time to move.
I'd really *love* something that could integrate semi-natively with #activitypub so new blog posts could show up in Mastodon and Mastodon replies would show up as comments, *but* I don't want to require a fediverse account for commenters; that rules out most (all?) of the embedded-Mastodon comment options.. After looking through Hugo's somewhat-outdated list of commenting options (https://gohugo.io/content-management/comments/), it looks like #Discourse is the only option that even *slightly* fits that, and it's a lot heavier-weight than I really want to run today. Hours-of-maintenance-per-comment should be less than 1, thanks.
Basic requirements:
- Either easy to self-host or has a cheap hosted option.
- Allows anonymous comments plus common external auth options.
- Possible to import comments from Commento, possibly requiring code on my part, but it needs to allow arbitrary names, etc.
- Works with static sites.
- Not a privacy disaster
- If self-hosted, ideally written in something sane -- Go, Rust, etc. *Ideally* it's a single binary that listens to HTTP and stores comments in Postgres.
- Supports Markdown.
Does anyone have anything that they're really happy with?
remember when I asked for a replacement for #disqus and then ranted about how none of the available solutions would also integrate with #mastodon?
Well shit. I did it again and scratched my own itch and barfed out another open source project.
Introducing: Meh..
https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2025-03/26-meh_another_comment_system
* single install serves as many sites as you want
* can be used in static websites (it's lightweight web components in the frontend)
* imports Disqus
* fetches Mastodon replies as comments
* supports different languages (so far en, fr, es, de)
* probably has bugs
#opensource #opensourcesoftware #comments
#News #NaziUSA #YouTube #Comments
@jessetorres8738
4 hours ago
Here's an idea: The U.S. should grant the 6 Territories (Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, & American Samoa) full statehood 1st before trying to acquire new territories from countries that don't want it.
A couple of years back I wrote a blog post about linking my static blog posts to Mastodon threads so that the threads can serve as blog comments.
I realise I never pinned that post to my profile, and I have since deleted the Mastodon thread, so I'm sharing it again. I'm pinning it this time!
I'm finally seeing the new kind of spambot showing up at my blog, and it's way worse than the old kinds.
Like, I'm seriously wondering whether I have to turn off comments _except_ from the Federation, which may end up being what saves blog comments.
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/03/09/mission-unfortunately-accomplished/
#please keep your #comments to yourself. I will not #read them and I don't. I have #atheists, #agnostics, #catholics, etc reading this. This is for a #greater cause other than yourself or I. Thx.
You know what’s sad?
YouTube comments for old music videos that have been on the site for years. They kinda have a post-apocalyptic feel, these messages, as if conveying, “um, hi, I was here… is there anyone still out there? anyone at all? hello? god i’m lonely”
#News #Comments #Youtube #Truth
@martinlogan8329
15 minutes ago
British guy here. As much as I believe the general USA population are against trumps extortion of Ukraine, i still won't forgive this ever. Well, unless you some how rise up and stop him. Bit you voted him in, so it's on you guys. And I'm sure the majority of the world feels the same as me. Sorry guys, but karma will definitely come for you on this one.
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More #FactCheck of #TrumpLies & the idiocy & malignancy of #Trump’s #comments about #Ukraine, #Zelenskyy, #Russia & #Putin.
Holding a fair election that meets international standards would be nearly impossible w/ at least a ⅕ of the country occupied by Russia, millions of Ukrainians living outside the country & tens of thousands of others deployed to fight.
#StandWithUkraine #geopolitics #authoritarianism #RussianDisinformation #propaganda #Trumpaganda #RevengePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/ukraine-russia-trump-elections-zelensky/
Want american Democrats to ACTUALLY DO something already?
Consider Direct Action instead!
But as well as that, we *do* need a non-corrupt (yet! there's always time, ofc) replacement party that is ACTUALLY left-wing.
Tea Party and MAGA supporters did it. Don't follow their strategies completely, but DO LEARN FROM them. We All deserve better, even the Leopards Eating People's Faces party.
How many of them would have supported having their faces eaten if they KNEW it wasn't hyperbole or something?
Or if they took time to imagine and plan for the risks: their or loved ones' faces being eaten by leopards?
https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/113933724467583170
Now we just need a name and bunch of furries to advise how to protect our information technologies.
The #KrononautMoon Project seeks to make contact with #TimeTravelers — i.e., extradimensional beings — by promoting decentralized community experiments during the #TotalLunarEclipse. There will be 3 #TLEclipses in the next 2 years. The first of the triad occurs next month on 2025 Mar 14, the night of the #FullMoon & March's #WormMoon. All are invited (even skeptics) to celebrate on Thursday or Friday evening under the stars — wherever you are.
http://KronoMoon.org https://Medium.com/write-under-the-moon/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Absence_of_time_travelers_from_the_future https://Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/the-krononauts
@KronoMoon on #Mastodon shares toots, articles & videos on various sub-themes and sub-theories, because any theory of #TimeTravel is polydimensional, beyond our current technology, and incomplete. Often associated with #UFOs or #UAP, a real-life encounter with a #spacetime ship or a #TimeMachine is less likely than some kind of #quantum #signal. It's possible that such signals have been beaming toward us for a long time. Please take lots of #photos of the #Moon and share them with @KronoMoonPhotos, so that we can document any anomalous phenomena. The plan focuses on Lunar Eclipses that are "Total" (typically occurring about once per year) and not other types of Eclipses.
@KronoMoon toots use a variety of #hashtags:
• #Muticultural #Multilingual #Community #Connections & #Empathy
(because we need to peacefully coexist with others)
#native #aborigine #indigenous #intersectional #FirstPeople #POC #BLM #PWD #DEI #LGBTQ+ 
• #Philosophy & #Spirituality
#consciousness #mindbody #dualism
• #Microcosm & #Macrocosm
#quantumphysics #higherdimensions #topology #astronomy #basicresearch #cosmology
• #QuantumEntanglement & #Wormholes
#darkmatter #darkenergy #manyworlds
• #SciFi & #Speculative #Fiction
#movies #books #spokenword
• #Experimental & #Conceptual #Arts
#film #performance #dance #drumcircles
• #UAP #Ufology & #Alien #Intelligence
#experiencers #whistleblowers #researchers
• #Time #Timelessness & #TimeTravel
#entropy #evolution #ancient #history #migrations #fossils #cavepaintings #myths #stonecircles
• #Observation & #Documentation
#research #media #reporting #photo #digital #archives
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SarcasticSue: 'Oh joy, robots in scrubs!' Because nothing says 'I care' quite like a mechanical arm dispensing my heart medication! Next thing you know, I'll be having emotional breakdowns with an AI therapist. What could possibly go wrong? #robot #robots #comments #discussion https://robotbra.in/robotics-in-healthcare-advancements-and-innovations-379/#comment-2041
DebateDude: While the idea of robots doing our chores sounds great, one must question: are we losing touch with reality? Relying too much on technology might make us lazy. Shouldn't we still do some work ourselves? #robot #robots #comments #discussion https://robotbra.in/the-future-of-humanoid-robots-expectations-369/#comment-1966
Yes, one can add #fediverse or #mastodon
#comments to a static site like #pelican, #jekyll or #hugo.
Respond to this toot to see your comment show up on my blog post below.
https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2025/Jan/adding-fediverse-comments-to-my-static-site/
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2025 Mar 14 
