Cusdis

Lightweight privacy-first comments

Free tier + paidRealtime, comments & collabcusdis.com

What it is

Roughly 5 KB embeddable comment widget positioned as a privacy-friendly Disqus alternative. Readers comment without signing in and it sets no cookies whatsoever. Submissions land in a moderation queue you approve by email or from the dashboard. Self-hostable via Docker or a one-click Railway deploy; current version is 1.4.0.

Why it earns a slot

The cheapest real comment system that works for a non-technical audience — $12 a year hosted, or free on a box you already run. No login wall means casual readers actually leave comments instead of bouncing.

Know before you commit

Development is slow and the maintainer has publicly offered to sell the project, so treat it as low-activity software you may end up maintaining. No-login commenting plus a thin anti-spam story means you personally moderate every single thread.

Getting started

Self-host with Docker or Railway, or paste the widget script from cusdis.com

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Pricing snapshot

Self-host free under GPLv3. Hosted free tier: 1 site, 100 approved comments/mo, 10 quick approves/mo. Cloud Pro $12 per year for unlimited sites, comments and quick approvals

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Evaluate Cusdis (https://cusdis.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Lightweight privacy-first comments. Roughly 5 KB embeddable comment widget positioned as a privacy-friendly Disqus alternative. Readers comment without signing in and it sets no cookies whatsoever. Submissions land in a moderation queue you approve by email or from the dashboard. Self-hostable via Docker or a one-click Railway deploy; current version is 1.4.0.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The cheapest real comment system that works for a non-technical audience — $12 a year hosted, or free on a box you already run. No login wall means casual readers actually leave comments instead of bouncing.
Watch out for: Development is slow and the maintainer has publicly offered to sell the project, so treat it as low-activity software you may end up maintaining. No-login commenting plus a thin anti-spam story means you personally moderate every single thread.
Pricing: Self-host free under GPLv3. Hosted free tier: 1 site, 100 approved comments/mo, 10 quick approves/mo. Cloud Pro $12 per year for unlimited sites, comments and quick approvals
Setup: Self-host with Docker or Railway, or paste the widget script from cusdis.com
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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