Comparing Giscus to Staticman
Compare Giscus with Staticman 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
- content stored in GitHub repository
- moderation via pull requests
- no vendor lock-in
- Requires GitHub account
- no built-in responses display
- setup complexity
- relies on GitHub API
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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Staticman
Static sites with superpowers
Overview
Community instance available but may be unreliable; data lives in your repo