# Remark42

Self-hosted, privacy-focused commenting engine that embeds into blogs and articles.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/remark42/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://remark42.com
- repository: https://github.com/umputun/remark42
- docs: https://remark42.com/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: umputun
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: community
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker-compose, binary-download, systemd, source-build

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5626
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 170
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://remark42.com (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://remark42.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://remark42.com (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/umputun/remark42/releases/tag/v1.18.0 (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/umputun/remark42/releases/tag/v1.18.0 (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- contributors: https://github.com/umputun/remark42 (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Remark42 is a self-hosted commenting engine that embeds into blogs and articles. It is written in Go and stores comments either in BoltDB or through an RPC store, as the [configuration parameters](https://remark42.com/docs/configuration/parameters/) list. The [installation guide](https://remark42.com/docs/getting-started/installation/) offers Docker Compose, a binary archive, a systemd service and a source build, and names Docker as the recommended way to run it.

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