Comparing Disqus to Gitalk

Compare Disqus with Gitalk for adding comments to your static site.

Disqus

Engage your audiences in discussions

Partial free

Overview

Founded 2007; acquired by Zeta Global 2017; not open source; data stored on Disqus servers

+ Pros

• Mature platform
• large community
• social login
• moderation tools
• notifications
• spam filtering

− Cons

• Vendor lock-in
• ads on free plan
• data ownership concerns
• privacy issues
• injected JS slows site
• centralized

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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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