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Isso vs Talkyard: catalog facts
Isso	Talkyard
Best for: Blogs and static sites replacing Disqus with self-hosted comments	Best for: Teams and communities wanting a Q&A forum with idea voting
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free + paid options Self-hosting is free; the hosted service offers a free trial.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Small client script of about 20kB gzipped Imports existing Disqus and WordPress comments All 4 strengths for Isso Small client script of about 20kB gzipped Imports existing Disqus and WordPress comments Simple SQLite storage Docker image and PyPI package available	Combines forum, Q&A, idea voting and blog comments in one tool Optional anonymous comments All 3 strengths for Talkyard Combines forum, Q&A, idea voting and blog comments in one tool Optional anonymous comments Tags with values for sorting and filtering
Fewer features than larger comment platforms Installing from PyPI needs a C compiler and Python headers	Chat features are basic Documentation is incomplete All 3 limitations for Talkyard Chat features are basic Documentation is incomplete Some listed features are only partly implemented
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account 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 Isso isso-comments.de github.com/isso-comments/isso Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Talkyard talkyard.io github.com/debiki/talkyard Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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