Adding Comments with Comentario: Self-Hosted PostgreSQL-Backed Comments
I wanted to add comments to this blog without using a third-party service like Disqus. After evaluating options, I chose Comentario - a self-hosted comment system that uses PostgreSQL for storage. This post covers the full deployment on Kubernetes with HAProxy TLS termination and custom theming. Why Comentario When choosing a comment system, I had a few requirements: Self-hosted - No third-party data collection PostgreSQL backend - I already run a shared PostgreSQL instance, so no extra backup infrastructure needed GitHub OAuth - Most of my readers are developers Simple embed - Just a script tag and web component I considered Remark42 (uses BoltDB) and Commento (abandoned), but Comentario hit all the marks. It’s an actively maintained fork of Commento with PostgreSQL support. ...