phusion/juvia
A commenting server similar to Disqus and IntenseDebate. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5501
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 973
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1026 stars · 90 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Juvia is a self-hosted, open-source commenting server similar to Disqus and IntenseDebate, built in Ruby on Rails. Site owners embed comments via a JavaScript snippet, with moderation, Akismet spam filtering, multi-user admin, email notifications, and WordPress comment import.
Use cases
- self-host a Disqus alternative for my blog
- add comments to a static site with a JS snippet
- open source commenting system for AJAX web apps
- moderate comments with Akismet spam filtering
- import existing WordPress comments
- host comments on my own server for privacy
When to choose
- you want full control and ownership of your comment data on your own server
- you need a commenting system that works well in AJAX-heavy single-page applications
- you want a simple flat-comment system with moderation and email notifications
When to avoid
- you need nested/threaded replies for high-traffic discussion forums
- you want a zero-maintenance hosted SaaS solution
- you need a modern, actively developed codebase - the project is in maintenance mode with few updates
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
web-framework http-server middleware web-development self-hosted cms self-hosted ruby commenting-system disqus-alternative self-hosted-comments rails akismet-spam-filtering embeddable-widget web-server linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/phusion/juvia · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1fa065435d5f
- homepage: http://phusion.github.io/juvia/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · cd0510eaf6cf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| phusion/juvia | main | 10 |
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