HashOver
Self-hosted PHP comment system that adds a comment section to any website and stores comments in SQLite or MySQL.
docs.barkdull.org/hashover-v2repositorydocs
HashOver is a self-hosted comment system written in PHP. A site adds it with a JavaScript tag, or with a PHP call, and an element with the ID “hashover” marks where the comments appear. The README says comments can be posted anonymously, and that the only required information is the comment itself.
The software is not installed like a package. Its files are downloaded and used as they are, and the setup asks for an email address, an encryption key and an admin login in a secrets file. Comments are kept in flat files by default, and the setup page describes SQLite or MySQL as alternatives through PDO. The admin login moderates comments from inside the comment section.
Worth knowing
The repository has no release or tag. The author’s documentation describes version 2.0 as in development and keeps the 1.0 documentation beside it.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Jacob Barkdull1
- Maintained by
- Individual
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- file-download3
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-11-03: links, Maintainer, Categories, Content storage, License model
docs.barkdull.org/hashover-v2 - 2026-11-03: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/jacobwb/hashover-next - 2026-11-03: links, Runtime, Minimum runtime, Install with, Databases, Admin interface
docs.barkdull.org/hashover-v2/setup - 2026-11-03: Multilingual
github.com/jacobwb/hashover-next/blob/master/README.md - 2026-11-03: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/jacobwb/hashover-next/contributors