Comparing Staticman to Gitalk

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

Staticman

Static sites with superpowers

Overview

Community instance available but may be unreliable; data lives in your repo

+ Pros

• Open source
• content stored in GitHub repository
• moderation via pull requests
• no vendor lock-in

− Cons

• Requires GitHub account
• no built-in responses display
• setup complexity
• relies on GitHub API

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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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