# Talk &middot; [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/coralproject/talk.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/coralproject/talk) &middot; [![NSP Status](https://nodesecurity.io/orgs/coralproject/projects/7bd7d26c-47ed-4a5f-8c4a-b919bf1c2946/badge)](https://nodesecurity.io/orgs/coralproject/projects/7bd7d26c-47ed-4a5f-8c4a-b919bf1c2946) &middot; [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests)

Online comments are broken. Our open-source commenting platform, Talk, rethinks how moderation, comment display, and conversation function, creating the opportunity for safer, smarter discussions around your work. [Read more about Talk here](https://coralproject.net/products/talk.html).

Built with <3 by The Coral Project & Mozilla.

## Try Talk!

You're just one click away from trying Talk - all you need is a Heroku account and a few minutes of your time.

[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://dashboard.heroku.com/new?template=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcoralproject%2Ftalk&env[TALK_FACEBOOK_APP_ID]=ignore&env[TALK_FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET]=ignore)

## Technical Documentation

From getting up and running, to advanced configuration, to how to scale Talk, our [Talk Technical Docs](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/) have everything you need to know.

## Product Guide

Learn more about Talk, including a deep dive into features for commenters and moderators, and FAQs in our [Talk Product Guide](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/how-talk-works).

## Pre-Launch Guide

You’ve installed Talk on your server, and you’re preparing to launch it on your site. The real community work starts now, before you go live. You have a unique opportunity pre-launch to set your community up for success. Read our [Talk Community Guide](https://blog.coralproject.net/youve-installed-talk-now-what/).

## More Resources

- [Talk Product Roadmap](https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/1863625)
- [Our Blog](https://blog.coralproject.net/)
- [Community Forums](https://community.coralproject.net/)
- [Community Guides for Journalism](https://guides.coralproject.net/)
- [More About Us](https://coralproject.net/)

## End-to-End Testing

Talk uses [Nightwatch](https://nightwatchjs.org/) as our e2e testing framework. The testing infrastructure that allows us to run our tests in real browsers is provided with love by our friends at [Browserstack](https://browserstack.com).

[![Browserstack](/public/img/browserstack_logo.png)](https://browserstack.com)

## License

Talk is released under the [Apache License, v2.0](/LICENSE).
