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There's a fork called Commento++ that I've deployed to my own personal website, which I've been happy with. It it integrated very nicely with PicoCMS.
Iām building a similar open source project too! Checkout https://github.com/devrsi0n/chirpy
For comment system, I choose Coral Project Talk because it could use Akismet and Google Perspective API for reducing spam and harassment. I also need to think about the remove comments when user delete their account (GDPR stuff). Coral Talk has the above functions in the UI.
I was really excited about Commento when I found it. I signed up as a paying customer, but then the owner just ignored me entirely. I even submitted fixes for their documentation and the MR has been sitting there for 2 years without acknowledgment.
I switched to TalkYard, which has been a much better experience. They're OSS, they support both blog posts and full-fledged forums, and the maintainer is extremely responsive and active.
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