Coral
A better commenting experience from Vox Media.
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Still maintained? Partly: no commits in 90 days, but v9.11.8 shipped in Jul 2026.
Also an alternative to Disqus.
At a glance
Coral quick facts
- Health score
- 58/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,004
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v9.11.8, Jul 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Coral
Full rankings: Disqus alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Coral scores 58/100, #33 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v9.11.8, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,004 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v9.11.8 released 4 months ago
- Stars 13.2 / 20
2k 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 96
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #33 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Iceshrimp.NET (#32) and phpBB (#34) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v9.11.8 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 2,004 |
| Open issues | 53 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | coralproject/talk ↗ |
Coral vs its top 5 alternatives
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Coral: common questions
What does Coral replace?
Repoly lists Coral as an open-source alternative to Disqus. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Coral stands against the others.
Is Coral still maintained?
Coral had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v9.11.8, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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