Commento++ Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Run your own Commento++ hosting for comments on any website — a Disqus alternative with no ads and no third-party tracking of your readers. xCloud brings up the pinned Commento++ v1.8.7 image behind managed HTTPS on your own domain, with a PostgreSQL database on persistent storage.

Deploy your Commento++

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to Live Commento++ Hosting In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Commento++ normally means a Docker host, a PostgreSQL database, a domain, a certificate and racing to claim the owner account before anyone else. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Commento++ from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain — no other fields, because xCloud generates the database name, user and password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Commento++ v1.8.7 image with its PostgreSQL sidecar and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. First boot takes about a minute while migrations run.
Step 03
Create The Owner And Lock Signup
Open /signup on your domain right away to create the owner account. Then set COMMENTO_FORBID_NEW_OWNERS=true and redeploy, so nobody else can register as an owner.

Everything Commento++ Does, On Your Own Server

Commento++ runs in full here — comments, moderation and sign-in, on infrastructure you control.

Replace Disqus, Keep Your Data
Swap Disqus or Facebook Comments for a comment box with no adverts. Comments, accounts and domains stay on your own instance.
Markdown, Voting And Live Updates
Readers get Markdown formatting, voting and live comment updates over WebSockets, with a 5-second polling fallback where they are blocked.
Moderation Built In
Moderators get sticky comments, thread locking and moderation tools from one dashboard.
Import And Multi-Site
Move existing discussions over with the built-in Disqus import, then serve comments for several domains from a single dashboard.
Optional Sign-In And Email
Sign in with Google, GitHub, Twitter or GitLab, send email notifications over your own SMTP, and add Akismet spam checks. All optional.
Survives A Restart
Comments, domains and owner accounts live on a persistent PostgreSQL volume and survive an xCloud Restart or redeploy.

Everything You Need To Run Your Comments Running 24/7

Managed hosting for Commento++, so the HTTPS, database and server upkeep are not your problem.

Commento++ v1.8.7 deployed instantly
You create the owner account
Free SSL certificate
Back up the Postgres volume
PostgreSQL included, no setup
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Commento++ hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Room to run comments across more domains.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Commento++ alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Commento++ is free and open source under the MIT license; this is the managed server it runs on. The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 8 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, monitor and restore.

Managed hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Commento++ on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Replace Disqus?

Commento++ on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your comments. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How is Commento++ different from Disqus?

It is open source under the MIT license, shows no adverts, respects reader privacy and runs on your own instance, so you keep the comment data. Upstream describes it as far lighter and faster than the alternatives. On QA the app and database idled at under 50 MiB of RAM.

How do I sign in the first time?

There is no default admin. Open /signup on your domain to create the owner account, then set COMMENTO_FORBID_NEW_OWNERS=true and redeploy to close signup. You then log in at /login.

Can I use it on more than one website?

Yes. Add each domain in the dashboard and paste its embed snippet. Comments from domains you have not registered are refused.

Do I need email or social login?

No. Both are optional, and owner signup works without SMTP. Add SMTP for email notifications, or Google, GitHub, Twitter or GitLab OAuth keys for social sign-in, by setting them in the environment and redeploying. SMTP and OAuth values must be set as complete pairs, or Commento++ will not start.

What should I back up?

The commentoplusplus_postgres volume, which holds all comments, accounts and domains, plus the generated database credentials. For a consistent copy, use a PostgreSQL-aware snapshot or a quiet period.

Backups in xCloud

Why does the owner signup race matter?

Until COMMENTO_FORBID_NEW_OWNERS=true is set and the site is redeployed, anyone who can reach the URL can create a dashboard owner. Create your own owner account the moment the server is live.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 8 GB of disk. Measured idle use on QA was about 46-48 MiB for the app and database combined. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which is well above that floor.

How do I update Commento++?

Updates are manual. Back up the volume, read the upstream release notes, then bump the image tag and digest together and recreate the containers without renaming the volume. v1.8.7 (April 2022) is the latest upstream release, so updates are infrequent.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Commento++?

No. No official partnership or endorsement has been verified. Commento++ is a free, open-source project, and the app image is community-published and pinned by digest. This is a deployment and server-management option, not an official offering.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.