# Talk · [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/coralproject/talk.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/coralproject/talk) · [![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/talk).

Built with <3 by The Coral Project.

## Getting Started

Check out our Quickstart and Install guides to get started with Talk in our [Technical Docs](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/).

## 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://coralproject.net/blog/youve-installed-talk-now-what/).

## Advanced Usage

For advanced configuration and usage of Talk, check out our [Configuration](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/advanced-configuration/) and [Integration](https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/integrating/authentication/) how-tos. This covers topics in whih you will need dev support to fully customize and integrate Talk, such as SSO/authentication, creating and managing assets and articles, styling Talk with custom CSS, and setting up Notifications and SMTP support.

## Versions & Upgrading

The current recommended release version is v4.5.0. ^4.5 (and all future even-numbered versions) are considered stable LTS versions. We recommend ^4.5 for use in production environments. 

## 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](http://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).