FastComments Live Commenting
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FastComments provides a real-time commenting system for your website, replacing Drupal's native comments with a hosted solution. It offers features like live comments, chat modes, text and image annotation, and user account synchronization.
FastComments adds real-time commenting to your Drupal site. Replace Drupal's built-in comments with a fast, hosted commenting system. No database tables, no spam management, no performance overhead.
Features
- Live Comments Real-time commenting widget that updates instantly as new comments arrive. No page reloads needed.
- Streaming Chat A live chat mode for pages that need real-time conversation (events, livestreams).
- Collab Chat Text-selection annotation. Visitors highlight text on your page and start discussions in context.
- Image Chat Coordinate-based annotation on images. Visitors click on an image to leave comments tied to specific locations.
- Recent Comments block Show recent comments across your site in any sidebar or region.
- Top Pages block Display your most-discussed content.
- Single Sign-On (SSO) Sync Drupal user accounts with FastComments. Supports both Simple (no server-side secret) and Secure (HMAC-verified) modes.
- Comment counts Display comment counts on teasers and listings.
- Multilingual Automatically passes the current Drupal site language to the widget.
- Noscript fallback Server-rendered comments for visitors with JavaScript disabled.
- EU data residency Configure CDN and API URLs for EU-hosted FastComments instances.
Post-Installation
- Go to Administration > Configuration > Content > FastComments (
/admin/config/content/fastcomments) and enter your Tenant ID and API Secret. You can find both under Settings > API/SSO in your FastComments dashboard. - Add the FastComments field to your content types via Structure > Content types > [type] > Manage fields.
- Place additional widget blocks (Live Chat, Collab Chat, Image Chat, Recent Comments, Top Pages) via Structure > Block layout.
- Optionally enable SSO to link Drupal user accounts with FastComments.
Additional Requirements
- A FastComments account (free tier available).
- No additional Drupal modules required. Only depends on Drupal core (
user,field).
Recommended modules/libraries
None required. The module is self-contained.
Similar projects
- Disqus Third-party hosted commenting. FastComments offers real-time updates, annotation widgets (Collab Chat, Image Chat), and does not serve ads.
- Drupal core Comment module Built-in commenting. FastComments offloads comment storage and moderation to a hosted service, reducing database load and eliminating spam management.
Supporting this Module
Report issues and contribute at the GitHub repository.