Disqus alternative for static sites and blogs: threaded comments on one Worker with D1, KV and Turnstile
- Deploy
- CLI
- License
- Apache-2.0
- GitHub stars
- 43 stars
- Last commit
Self-hosted alternatives to Hyvor Talk
Hyvor Talk is a hosted commenting platform with reactions, moderation, spam detection and single sign-on. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Hyvor Talk describes on its own site.
Hyvor Talk features, app by app
| Feature | Garrul |
|---|---|
| Threaded comments with reactions and ratings | Partly |
| Spam detection with Akismet or an LLM-based classifier | Yes |
| Moderation tools such as user moderation, IP controls, shadow banning and trusted users | Partly |
| Single sign-on with accounts from your own site | No |
| Email notifications for users and moderators | Yes |
| Import from Disqus and WordPress | Partly |
| No ads, tracking or affiliate links | Yes |
| Embeds in more than 30 languages | Partly |
Disqus alternative for static sites and blogs: threaded comments on one Worker with D1, KV and Turnstile
- What a Hyvor Talk user would miss
- Single sign-on with their own accounts, shadow banning and a managed service; one Garrul Worker serves one site and install runs from a local terminal.
- What it adds
- Apache-2.0, keeps comments and users in your own D1 database, and states it has no analytics, tracking pixels or advertising.
- Partly Threaded comments with reactions and ratings. Nested replies with 12 selectable reaction emoji, comment votes and a page vote bar; no star ratings found.
- Yes Spam detection with Akismet or an LLM-based classifier. Turnstile, rate limiting, honeypot, four tunable heuristics and an optional Akismet or Workers AI classifier.
- Partly Moderation tools such as user moderation, IP controls, shadow banning and trusted users. Moderation queue, author bans, muted words, pinned comments and staff badges; no shadow banning or trusted-user tier found.
- No Single sign-on with accounts from your own site. Readers sign in with GitHub, Google, Facebook, X or Discord, or post anonymously; no sign-in with the host site's own accounts found.
- Yes Email notifications for users and moderators. Reply notifications by email with double opt-in and a digest, plus moderator digests; needs a Resend key.
- Partly Import from Disqus and WordPress. Disqus, Remark42, Comentario, isso and Cusdis exports import in the admin; no WordPress comment import found.
- Yes No ads, tracking or affiliate links. States it has no analytics, tracking pixels or advertising, and sets one strictly necessary cookie.
- Partly Embeds in more than 30 languages. The widget ships in eleven languages.
Sources:github.com/kingpin/garrul#readmegarrul.comhyvor.com/talk