Your readers are here.Give them a place to talk.

Comments for publishers

Your readers are here.Give them a place to talk.

Threadline gives publishers a fast, beautiful, privacy-first comments system they own — without the bloat, ads, tracking, and loss of control of legacy platforms.

Add Threadline to my siteSee it liveHow to install

60-second installNo reader trackingNo ad injectionYour site, your community

On your site

A conversation worth returning to

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Amina K.4m

This is exactly the kind of discussion I wish more publications kept on their own sites.

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The Publisher

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Replace outdated comments

A faster, cleaner alternative to legacy comment widgets.

Switch without rebuilding your site.

Bring readers back

Turn passive traffic into conversations that live on your domain.

Make your site the destination.

Own your community

Keep the conversation on your site, without ad-tech baggage.

Your audience. Your rules.

Already using Disqus, WordPress comments, or another widget? Threadline is built to be the clean replacement.

One-line install

Paste. Done.

One HTML snippet, any platform. Async loader (<12KB) lazy-loads the widget below the fold.

embed.html

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<div id="threadline-comments"></div>
<script
  src="$https://threadline-api-delta.vercel.app/api/embed"
  data-site-id="tl_pub_your_site_key"
  data-api-url="$https://threadline-comments-api.onrender.com"
  async></script>

What we promise — and mean

Privacy-first

No ad injection

Publisher-grade analytics

Built for independent publishers

Real-time

Fast install

Fast install

One script tag.

Drop Threadline into any site in 60 seconds. No backend to set up, no configuration anxiety. It works on plain HTML, every major CMS, and any modern JavaScript framework.

Zero server-side code required

Loads asynchronously — no render blocking

Works offline-first with local state

HTMLWordPressReactNext.jsGhost

<div id="threadline-comments"></div> <script src="https://threadline-api-delta.vercel.app/api/embed" data-site-id="tl_pub_your_site_key" data-api-url="https://threadline-comments-api.onrender.com" async></script>

Privacy Report

All checks passed

Third-party trackers0

IP addresses loggedNever

Data sold to ad networksNever

FingerprintingNone

GDPR compliantBy design

Privacy by design

No behavioral ads.

Your readers' data is yours. We don't log IP addresses, build behavioral profiles, or pass data to ad networks. Privacy is an architectural constraint — not a checkbox.

Zero third-party tracking scripts

No behavioral ad injection

Enterprise data export (CSV/JSON)

GDPR compliant without configuration

Moderation

Moderate confidently.

A moderation queue that gives your team the tools to keep conversations healthy without burning out. Deterministic rules, no AI black boxes.

Moderation queue with bulk actions

Flag & escalate comments

Keyword and regex filter rules

Team roles on Publisher+

Full audit log

Moderation Queue3 pending

User\_7821Spam

Check out this amazing deal on...

Reject

Jamie T.Review

I think this article got a few facts wrong about...

Approve

anon\_4492Keyword

This triggered the keyword filter for...

Approve

Comments24

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Priya K.4m ago

Really well explained, especially the TIP section.

12Reply

TM

Tom M.2m ago

Agreed — the portable identity idea is underrated.

5Reply

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Sara L.1m ago

Any word on the self-hosted timeline?

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Conversations

Comments that bring

Threaded discussions, emoji reactions, reply notifications, and weekly digests turn one-time visitors into a community that keeps coming back.

Threaded replies, any depth

Emoji reactions

Email notifications for replies

Weekly digest emails for publishers

Portable reputation badges

Analytics

Understand your

See which posts spark real conversations, who your most engaged readers are, and how discussion activity connects to content resonance — all without surveillance.

Top discussions by engagement

Returning commenter tracking

Traffic & usage meter on every plan

Full traffic reports on Publisher+

CSV/JSON export on Enterprise

Publisher Intelligence

847

Active discussions

+12%

62%

Returning commenters

+4%

11.3

Avg. replies/post

+8%

214

Top post comments

This week

Comment activity (last 7 days)

REST API example

# Fetch recent comments
GET /api/v1/comments
  ?site_id=tl_pub_xxx
  &limit=20
Webhook payload example
{  "event": "comment.created",
  "site_id": "tl_pub_xxx",
  "comment": { ... } }

Developers

API-first.

Full REST API with an OpenAPI spec, webhook events for every action, and first-class packages for React, Next.js, Ghost, Astro, and Hugo. No vendor lock-in.

Full REST API with OpenAPI spec

Webhook events (Publisher+)

React & Next.js SDK packages

Ghost, Astro, Hugo integrations

No vendor lock-in — open protocol

ReactNext.jsGhostAstroHugo

Live demo

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This is the real widget — post a comment, reply, and react. Same embed publishers install.

Live public demo — don’t share personal information.

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Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing.

Free to start. Pro $12/mo · Publisher $39/mo · billed monthly via PayPal when Payments System is on.

Free

For personal blogs and small sites.

$0

1 site

10K pageviews/mo

Full comment system

Portable TIP identity

Threadline branding

Start free

Pro

Opens when Payments System is on.

$12/mo

5 sites

100K pageviews/mo

Remove branding

Theme studio

Standard analytics

Email support

Unavailable

Most Popular

Publisher

For teams and high-traffic publishers.

$39/mo

20 sites

1M pageviews/mo

Team roles

Webhooks & API

Full analytics

Priority support

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Start building your

Install in about 60 seconds. Start free. Give your readers a reason to come back.

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