Comparing Chirp Form to Utterances

Compare Chirp Form with Utterances 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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Utterances

A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

Overview

Uses GitHub OAuth; bot creates issues per page; no database needed

+ Pros

• No ads
• no tracking
• open source
• data stored in GitHub issues
• Markdown support
• dark theme
• lightweight

− Cons

• Requires GitHub login for commenters
• no responses display widget
• tied to GitHub ecosystem

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