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Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

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0.14.0 Breaking risk
⚠ Upgrade required
  • Migrate from Misaka to Mistune using the provided migration guide
  • Update Docker image pull strategy: use `isso:release` for stable releases or `isso:latest` for continuous builds
  • Ensure Python runtime is ≥ 3.9 (or ≥ 3.13/3.14 for new features) and adjust any scripts expecting deprecated `pkg_resources` APIs
Breaking changes
  • Drop support for Python 3.7 and 3.8; add support for Python 3.13 and 3.14
  • Rework Docker image tagging: `isso:latest` now rebuilds on every master push, while `isso:release` points to the latest stable release
  • Disavow IE10 compatibility – Isso is no longer compatible with Internet Explorer 10
Security fixes
  • Fix stored XSS in website and author fields
Notable features
  • Add Catalan, Arabic, Galician, Japanese, Indonesian localisations
  • Make `` for syntax highlighting
  • Add search for comments by URL and Thread URL in admin interface
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New Features

  • Add Catalan localisation (#966, welpo)
  • Add Arabic localisation (#972)
  • Add Galician localisation (ghose)
  • Make <code class="language-$lang"> for syntax highlighting (#998, pkvach)
  • Add search for comments by URL in the admin interface (#1000, pkvach)
  • Add CSS variables for better organization and flexibility (#1001, pkvach)
  • Add support for comment search by Thread URL in admin interface (#1020, pkvach)
  • Add sorting option for comments (#1005, pkvach)
  • admin: Add log out button (#870, bbaovanc)
  • Add support for environment variables in config (#1037, pkvach)
  • Add Japanese localisation (#1051, zurukumo)
  • Add Indonesian localisation (#1088, suhindra)
  • Add Mistune as new Markdown rendering engine (#1079, ritzmann)

Breaking Changes

  • Drop support for Python 3.7 (#974) and 3.8; add support for Python 3.13 and 3.14 (jelmer)
  • Rework the Docker image tagging scheme: isso:latest is now rebuilt on every push to master, while isso:release points to the latest stable release (#970, janw). Previously, :latest pointed to the latest stable (tagged) version
  • Disavow IE10 compatibility: (Not-so) recent changes mean that Isso is no longer compatible (#1022, ix5)
  • The Markdown rendering engine Misaka has been deprecated. Please start using Mistune, see Migration from Misaka to Mistune for differences to Misaka.
  • Migrate from pkg_resources to importlib.metadata and importlib.resources (jelmer)

Security Fixes

  • Fix stored XSS in website and author fields (jelmer)

Bugfixes & Improvements

  • Changed website validation to allow domain names containing umlauts (#951, schneidr)
  • Improve Spanish translation (#967, welpo)
  • Make language code handling more robust (#983, ix5)
  • Prevent auto creation of invalid links in comments (#995, pkvach)
  • Fix W3C Validation issues (#999, pkvach)
  • Handle deleted comments in Disqus migration (#994, pkvach)
  • Fix total comments count calculation (#997, pkvach)
  • Fix newline character handling in data-isso-* i18n strings (#992, pkvach)
  • Add link logging for management of new comments in Stdout (#1016, pkvach)
  • Change logging to include datetime and loglevel (#1023, ix5)
  • Make 'text' field in 'comments' table NOT NULL and handling data migration (#1019, pkvach)
  • Python 3.12 support (#1015, ix5)
  • Disable Postbox submit button on click, enable after response (#993, pkvach)
  • Document title parameter and improve error handling for /new API (#1058, pkvach)
  • Set reply sorting to always be oldest (#1035, ggtylerr)
  • Apply the same validations when editing comments as when creating them (#1038, Lucas Cimon)
  • Fix Offset.localTime() failing if Offset.update() hasn't been called yet.
  • Fix 'Log Out' button behavior in admin interface.

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