Comparing Giscus to Talk

Compare Giscus with Talk 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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Talk

A Node.js-based commenting system for static sites

Overview

Based on Cactus Comments; requires self-hosting

+ Pros

• Open source
• real-time comments
• moderation
• email notifications
• no third-party dependency

− Cons

• Small community
• less polished than commercial options
• no commercial hosting
• limited documentation

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