Isso
Isso is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 5,310 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,310
- Forks
- 463
- Open issues
- 51
- Commits, last 12 months
- 107
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.14.0Mar 26, 2026
- Created
- Oct 17, 2012
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 107 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 107 |
| Latest release | 0.14.0 (Mar 26, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 28 |
| Open issues | 51 |
| Open pull requests | 13 |
| Good first issues | 2 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Oct 17, 2012 |
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About Isso
Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/isso-comments/isso.
Topics
- disqus
- commenting
- self-hosted
- javascript
- sqlite3
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Is Isso free and open source?
Yes. Isso is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Isso with Docker?
Yes. Isso provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Isso?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Isso include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum.
Is Isso actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Isso was on Oct 25, 2026 with 107 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.14.0, published Mar 26, 2026. It had 51 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.