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Talkyard vs Isso: catalog facts
Talkyard	Isso
Freemium Self-hosting is free; the hosted service offers a free trial.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Combines forum, Q&A, idea voting and blog comments in one tool Optional anonymous comments	Small client script of about 20kB gzipped Imports existing Disqus and WordPress comments
Chat features are basic Documentation is incomplete	Fewer features than larger comment platforms Installing from PyPI needs a C compiler and Python headers
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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