-An open source, privacy focused discussion platform.
+A bloat-free and privacy-focused discussion platform.
-Commento is a discussion platform that you can self-host. You can embed it on your blog, news articles, and any place where you want your readers to add comments. Unlike most alternatives, Commento is lightweight and privacy focused; we'll never sell your data, show ads, embed third-party tracking scripts, or inject affiliate links. +Commento is a discussion platform that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and any place where you want your readers to add comments. Commento is fast, lightweight, and privacy-focused; we'll never sell your data, show ads, embed third-party tracking scripts, or inject affiliate links. -### Features +#### Features - - Privacy focused + - Privacy-focused + - Super lightweight, allowing for fast pageloads - Automatic spam filtering - Review and approve or delete comments through the moderation interface - Modern interface with a clean design + - OAuth support (Google login, for example) - Custom CSS theming - - Extremely lightweight, allowing for faster pageloads - Import from existing services (like Disqus) - Completely free and open source (MIT Expat license) -### Editions +#### Editions There are three editions of Commento. - - **Commento Community Edition (CE)** is open source software that's freely available under the MIT Expat license. - - **Commento Enterprise Edition (EE)** includes extra features geared towards organizations. If you're interested in this, [contact me](mailto:c.adhityaa@gmail.com). - - [**Commento Hosted**](https://commento.io) is a hosted version of Commento if you don't want to host and manage servers on your own. This is currently in private beta and you can [add yourself to the waiting list here](https://commento.io). + - **Commento Community Edition (CE)** is open source software that's freely available under the MIT license. + - [**Commento Enterprise Edition (EE)**](https://commento.io/pricing#self-hosted) includes extra features geared towards organizations that want to self-host. + - [**Commento Hosted**](https://commento.io) is a hosted version of Commento for those who don't want to host and manage servers. This is currently in private beta and you can [add yourself to the waiting list here](https://commento.io). -### Installation +#### Installation and Configuration -The recommended way to install Commento is with [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose). Docker Compose allows you to install and manage the service painlessly. [Read our documentation](http://docs.commento.io/installation-docker.html) to find our more on how to get Commento running with Docker Compose. - -There are other options to install Commento, including running the binary directly and compiling from source. Please refer to the [installation page](https://docs.commento.io/installation.html) for more information. +See our [documentation on how to install Commento](http://docs.commento.io/installation.html) to get started. We offer several ways to install the software, including a Docker image. Once you've installed the software, you need to configure it with various environment variables before starting the service. To learn more about this, refer to our documentation on [configuring Commento](https://docs.commento.io/configuration.html). -### Contributing +#### Contributing Commento is possible only because of its community. If this is your first contribution to Commento, please go through the [development documentation](https://docs.commento.io/contributing.html) before you begin. -Help will always be given at Commento to those who ask for it. We use IRC for chat to collaborate with other developers. You're invited to [hang out with us](https://irc.commento.io) in the `#commento-dev` channel on freenode if you want to contribute to Commento! +Help will always be given to those who ask for it. We use IRC for chat to collaborate with other developers. You're invited to [hang out with us](https://irc.commento.io) in the `#commento-dev` channel on freenode if you want to contribute to Commento! -### License +#### License ``` Copyright 2018 Commento, Inc.