Comparing Chirp Form to Gitalk

Compare Chirp Form with Gitalk 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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Gitalk

A comment system based on GitHub Issues

Overview

Last updated 2021; similar to Utterances but uses the older Issues API; development stalled

+ Pros

• Open source
• uses GitHub Issues
• Markdown support
• multiple themes
• notifications

− Cons

• Requires GitHub login
• no responses display widget
• only works with GitHub
• older project

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