Artalk
Comment system built in Golang, providing a lightweight and highly customizable solution for adding comments to your website.
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Still maintained? Yes: 19 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.10.1 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Disqus.
At a glance
Artalk quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,358
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.10.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Artalk
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Artalk is an intuitive yet feature-rich comment system, ready for immediate deployment into any blog, website, or web application."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Artalk scores 81/100, #21 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 19 commits in the last 90 days earn 22.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.10.1, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,358 stars add 13.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 12.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 22.2 / 35
19 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.10.1 released 5 days ago
- Stars 13.5 / 20
2.4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 19
- Last 90 days
- 86
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #21 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Simple Machines Forum (#20) and qpixel (#22) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.10.1 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 2,358 |
| Open issues | 76 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | ArtalkJS/Artalk ↗ |
Artalk vs its top 5 alternatives
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Artalk: common questions
What does Artalk replace?
Repoly lists Artalk as an open-source alternative to Disqus. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Artalk stands against the others.
Is Artalk still maintained?
Artalk had 19 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.10.1, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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