Isso
★ 5.3kMIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintPackage · Docker · SourceNo external DB12 active committers (12mo)
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Isso is a lightweight commenting server for websites, positioned as a drop-in replacement for Disqus. It is aimed at site owners who want to self-host a comment system with a small footprint and a...
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Features
- Markdown comments
- edit/delete own comments
- moderation queue
- SQLite backend
- Disqus import
- WordPress import
- configurable JS client
- live demo
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- Created
- Oct 17, 2012
- Install Methods
- package-managerdockersource
- Requirements
- Python 3.8+SQLite 3.3.8 or latera working C compiler
- Authentication
- local
- Runtime / Stack
- PythonDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Docker Compose
2 services
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 13f7a93 · scanned Jun 7, 2026
# https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/
version: "3.9"
services:
# Isso server should always reflect production image
isso-server:
image: isso
container_name: isso-server
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
# No need to set entrypoint, image already provides CMD
#command: /isso/bin/isso -c /config/isso.cfg run
environment:
ISSO_SETTINGS: "/config/isso-dev.cfg"
healthcheck:
test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8080/info || exit 1
interval: 5s # short timeout needed during start phase
retries: 3
# ...
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