Coral Project

Coral Project develops open-source software that helps online news organizations manage reader comments and community engagement on their websites. Its core product, Coral, is a commenting platform designed to replace third-party tools like Facebook comments or Disqus with a system that publishers can host themselves. The platform includes moderation tools, such as flagging, filtering, and machine-assisted comment review, to help newsroom staff manage discussions at scale while reducing harassment and abuse. It targets digital publishers, journalists, and community managers who want more control over reader interactions and data than commercial alternatives typically offer. The organization originated as a collaborative initiative among journalism-focused entities including Mozilla, The New York Times, and The Washington Post before becoming an independent project maintained under Vox Media.