Comparing Commento to Staticman

Compare Commento with Staticman for adding comments to your static site.

Commento

Fast, privacy-focused commenting platform

Partial free

Overview

Self-hosted option available; fork available as Commento++

+ Pros

• Privacy-focused
• no ads
• fast loading
• GDPR-compliant
• open source
• multiple themes

− Cons

• Limited free plan
• no native social login on free plan
• moderation needs improvement
• smaller community

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Staticman

Static sites with superpowers

Overview

Community instance available but may be unreliable; data lives in your repo

+ Pros

• Open source
• content stored in GitHub repository
• moderation via pull requests
• no vendor lock-in

− Cons

• Requires GitHub account
• no built-in responses display
• setup complexity
• relies on GitHub API

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