Hey Everyone 👋

You build a fast, clean static site using Astro, Hugo, or Next.js. Everything is secure and highly optimized. Then a client or reader asks for a comment section.

Suddenly you face a wall of bad choices. Third-party scripts bloat your page, track your readers, and inject ads. Premium SaaS tools cost too much for simple text. Developer-focused workarounds look completely broken to non-developers. You are forced to choose between user privacy, high monthly costs, or terrible user experience. Without a good alternative, you just skip comments entirely.

We hit this exact wall constantly at Zeon Studio. We wanted a lightweight, self-hosted option that respected privacy. So we built OpenRemark.

Openremark is an open source, self-hostable comment system for static websites like Astro, Hugo, Next.js, and any site that accepts HTML.

Here is what if offers:

Two-line setup: embed it into any html or SSG site in seconds.
Absolute privacy: zero tracking scripts, zero ads, and zero data sharing.
Full control: a dedicated moderation dashboard, spam protection, and domain allowlisting.
Frictionless UX: built-in google sign-in for one-click login and clean threaded replies.
Free and MIT licensed: your data stays entirely yours.

Stop compromising your static architecture just to let readers speak.

Watch the walkthrough and try it for free.

GitHub Repo - https://github.com/zeon-studio/open-remark

Live Demo - https://open-remark.zeon.studio/demo.html

Feel free to ask any questions or feature requests below.

Thank you.