# phusion/juvia

A commenting server similar to Disqus and IntenseDebate.

Repository: https://github.com/phusion/juvia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/juvia
Homepage: http://phusion.github.io/juvia/
Language: Ruby
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-03T21:00:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5501, "days_push": 973, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1026, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:16.747655+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, http-server, middleware
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, cms
- platform: self-hosted, ruby
- tags: commenting-system, disqus-alternative, self-hosted-comments, rails, akismet-spam-filtering, embeddable-widget, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- phusion/juvia (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.747655+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:59.509598+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phusion/juvia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.747655+00:00, sha 1fa065435d5f)
  - homepage: http://phusion.github.io/juvia/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:08:09.072060+00:00, sha cd0510eaf6cf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.