Comentario 3.17.0 Knockloughrim is released.
Comentario is a fast and powerful free comment server for web pages, written in Go.

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What’s new
Custom name for moderators
Domain owners can now enable moderators to change name they comment with (#222). For example, one can use their business unit name, or any other name while replying to users’ comments.
First, the feature has to be enabled in the instance or domain configuration. Once it’s turned on, moderator users (which includes owners and superusers, too) will see a new Custom name input in their settings:

This name can be set per domain and will apply to all comments the moderator creates or edits on that domain.
It can also be changed in the domain user properties via the Admin UI:

PostgreSQL support
This release lands support for PostgreSQL 18 (#224). In fact, no additional effort was required, apart from adding an extra test pipeline for that DB.
It also addresses situations when a database schema other than public is used for storing Comentario data (#225). The server will now correctly use schemas listed in search_path for object lookups.
Other changes
- Backend: fix resource leak in
DecompressGzip() - Backend: use Go 1.26, update dependencies, modernise code
- I18n: add Portuguese messages (pt) by @pt.cesar.monteiro
- I18n: add Ukrainian translation (uk) by @kleindberg
- CI: bump deployer image version
Live Demo
You can see the new version, as well as its Administrative UI (login with email admin@admin and password admin), on the demo website:
Comments Live Demo Administrative UI Demo
Installation
If you’re interested in trying out Comentario, you can start with these documentation pages:
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