Comparing Giscus to Gitalk
Compare Giscus with Gitalk for adding comments to your static site.
- No ads
- no tracking
- open source
- data in GitHub Discussions
- themes
- multiple languages
- reactions
- Requires GitHub login
- no responses display widget
- ties to GitHub ecosystem
- still actively developed
- Open source
- uses GitHub Issues
- Markdown support
- multiple themes
- notifications
- Requires GitHub login
- no responses display widget
- only works with GitHub
- older project
Giscus
A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions
Overview
Inspired by Utterances but uses GitHub Discussions instead of issues; self-hosting available
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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