In brief, JComments is a very easy-to-use and versatile comment system using AJAX created for Joomla. It has adjustable ACL, BBCodes, avatar support, and smiles.

In an effort to make the component more usable and stable, an extra eight months were spent working on the release. Code optimization and better functionality with third-party extensions took the bulk of this development time.

In summary, if you’re looking to quickly get up and running with a community forum for your Joomla website – the Kunena extension is what you’re looking for. In the 5 years it has been available; it has been downloaded over 3,000,000 times and is the only community supported open source solution with public help forums, GitHub and even a Wiki documentation page!