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Artalk vs Remark42: catalog facts
Artalk	Remark42
Best for: Site owners who want a feature-rich comment section they host themselves	Best for: Blog owners replacing Disqus with comments they host themselves
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Lightweight client that works with any framework Built-in moderation, captcha and spam filtering All 4 strengths for Artalk Lightweight client that works with any framework Built-in moderation, captcha and spam filtering Manages several sites from one installation One-step Docker deployment	No external database; data lives in one embedded file Imports existing comments from Disqus and WordPress All 4 strengths for Remark42 No external database; data lives in one embedded file Imports existing comments from Disqus and WordPress Many login options plus optional anonymous comments Multi-site mode from a single instance
Much of the community discussion is in Chinese Requires running and maintaining your own server	Requires running and maintaining your own server Comments only; not a full forum
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Artalk artalk.js.org github.com/ArtalkJS/Artalk Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Remark42 remark42.com github.com/umputun/remark42 Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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