Best Self-hosted Moderation & Anti-Spam Tools tools in 2026

6 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category

6 services found

Coral (Talk)

Coral (Talk)

Open-source commenting platform for publishers with moderation tools

2k
365
Last commit: 1mo ago

Coral (Talk) is an open-source commenting and moderation platform for publishers, offering real-time conversations, GraphQL APIs, moderation workflows, and extensible plu...

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Disqus
Disqus
+8
MyBB

MyBB

Free, open-source forum software for managing online communities

1.2k
433
Last commit: 14d ago

MyBB is a PHP-based, open-source forum platform with plugins, themes, moderation tools, private messaging and multi-database support.

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XenForo Cloud
XenForo Cloud
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SourceBans++

SourceBans++

Admin, ban and communication management for Source engine servers

355
180
Last commit: 3d ago

Web-based global administration and ban management system for Valve Source engine games, with a PHP web panel, SourceMod plugins, and MySQL/MariaDB backend.

Sympa

Sympa

Open-source mailing list management software

287
123
Last commit: 2mo ago

Open-source mailing list manager for automating subscriptions, moderation, archives and message distribution with web, CLI and SOAP interfaces for large lists.

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Groups.io
Groups.io
mosparo

mosparo

Rule-based form spam protection without CAPTCHAs

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16
Last commit: 3d ago

Accessible, rule-based spam protection for web forms that inspects form fields, stores minimal data encrypted, and auto-deletes entries after 14 days.

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hCaptcha
hCaptcha
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Private Captcha

Private Captcha

Privacy-first, self-hosted proof-of-work CAPTCHA service

149
5
Last commit: 3d ago

Privacy-first, GDPR-focused self-hosted Proof-of-Work CAPTCHA for forms and APIs with an adaptive lightweight widget and Postgres/ClickHouse backend.

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Private Captcha
Private Captcha
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