Isso is a commenting server that allows users to leave comments on websites without having to use a third-party service. In this tutorial, we'll be going through the steps required to install Isso on macOS.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:
Open the Terminal app on your macOS.
Run the following command to install Isso via pip:
$ pip3 install isso
Next, create a configuration file for Isso. You can use the following command to create a sample configuration file:
$ isso --generate-config > isso.cfg
Edit the isso.cfg file using your favourite text editor. Here are the possible configurations that you will need to edit:
host: the hostname that Isso will bind to. By default, Isso will bind to localhost.dbpath: the file path to store the comments database. By default, the database will be stored in a SQLite database file called comments.db.name: the name of your website.max_age: the number of days to keep inactive comments.Save and close the isso.cfg file.
Open the Terminal app on your macOS.
Change to the directory where you saved the isso.cfg file.
Run the following command to start the Isso commenting server:
$ isso run
If the server started correctly, you should see a message similar to the following:
Serving on http://localhost:8080...
You can now configure your website to use the Isso commenting server. You can find instructions for doing so in the Isso documentation.
In this tutorial, we went through the steps required to install and run Isso on macOS. Now that you have Isso installed and running, you can provide a better commenting experience for your website users.
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