Comparing Giscus to Gitalk

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

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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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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