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<a href="https://commento.io"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7521600/33375172-14b21f68-d52f-11e7-9b30-477682bccf8f.png" width=300></a>
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<p align="center"><b>A bloat-free and privacy-focused discussion platform.</b></p>
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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.
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#### Features
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- Privacy-focused
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- Super lightweight, allowing for fast pageloads
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- Automatic spam filtering
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- Review and approve or delete comments through the moderation interface
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- Modern interface with a clean design
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- OAuth support (Google login, for example)
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- Custom CSS theming
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- Import from existing services (like Disqus)
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- Completely free and open source (MIT Expat license)
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#### Editions
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There are three editions of Commento.
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- **Commento Community Edition (CE)** is open source software that's freely available under the MIT license.
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- [**Commento Enterprise Edition (EE)**](https://commento.io/pricing#self-hosted) includes extra features geared towards organizations that want to self-host.
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- [**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).
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#### Installation and Configuration
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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.
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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).
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#### Contributing
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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.
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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!
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### Sponsors
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Commento CE development is sponsored by [Mozilla](https://mozilla.org) and [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) independently.
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<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7521600/32265838-d05b2d08-bf0a-11e7-92e1-2cb183eae616.png" title="Mozilla" height="40"></a>
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<a href="https://www.digitalocean.com"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7521600/32265839-d093c7da-bf0a-11e7-8d99-96a940041d06.png" title="DigitalOcean" height="40"></a>
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</p>
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#### License
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Copyright 2018 Commento, Inc.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
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this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
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the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
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use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
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the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
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subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
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COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
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IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
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CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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```
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