Your comments, your community, in France
Coral replaces advertising comment widgets with a healthy and moderated debate platform, built with and for editorial teams. Installed by DINAO, hosted on our French servers.
What is Coral (Talk)?
Coral (formerly Talk) is an open-source commenting platform developed by The Coral Project, designed with and for editorial teams. Its promise: to replace comment widgets that track readers and monetize their data with a tool that promotes healthy debates and gives media full ownership of their community.
Coral focuses on moderation: pre- or post-publication approval queues, anti-spam and anti-toxicity filters, banned word lists, report management, suspensions and bans, and roles for editorial teams. For readers, features like 'featured comments', reactions, trusted member badges, and reporting encourage respectful and high-quality exchanges.
Technically, Coral integrates via a lightweight embed on any CMS or editorial site, supports SSO/OIDC to connect your existing accounts, and relies on MongoDB and Redis. Hosted by DINAO in France, it offers a sovereign and ad-free alternative to proprietary commenting services.
Host Coral (Talk) at DINAO
Resource tiers compatible with Coral (Talk) prerequisites (minimum 2 vCPU / 2 Go / 10 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.
- 2 dedicated vCPU
- 4 Go RAM
- 40 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 4 dedicated vCPU
- 8 Go RAM
- 80 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 8 dedicated vCPU
- 16 Go RAM
- 160 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
1 hidden tier(s) (insufficient resources for this app) : Découverte
Technical details
You might be wondering…
How is Coral different from Disqus?
Coral is open source and self-hosted: your readers are not tracked for advertising purposes, and you remain the owner of your community. Hosted by DINAO in France, it was designed with editorial teams to foster quality debates.
What moderation tools does it offer?
Coral provides an approval queue (pre- or post-publication), anti-spam and anti-toxicity filters, banned word lists, report management, suspensions and bans, as well as roles for your teams.
How do I integrate it into my site?
Coral is added via a lightweight embed compatible with most CMSs and editorial sites. SSO allows you to connect your existing reader accounts.
Where are my readers' data hosted?
On DINAO's infrastructure in France, in one of the available data centers. No data is resold or used for advertising purposes.
Can I retrieve my comments if I switch tools?
Yes. Coral is open source and your data (comments, accounts) remains exportable. No proprietary lock-in.
