Comparing Chirp Form to Giscus

Compare Chirp Form with Giscus for adding comments to your static site.

Chirp Form

Add forms to any site. Display responses anywhere.

+ Pros

• Embed forms and display responses
• EU-hosted
• GDPR-compliant
• privacy-friendly hashing
• no tracking
• two elements (form + feed)
• simple for devs and non-devs
• lightweight

− Cons

• Relatively new
• smaller community
• not open source

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Giscus

A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions

Overview

Inspired by Utterances but uses GitHub Discussions instead of issues; self-hosting available

+ Pros

• No ads
• no tracking
• open source
• data in GitHub Discussions
• themes
• multiple languages
• reactions

− Cons

• Requires GitHub login
• no responses display widget
• ties to GitHub ecosystem
• still actively developed

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