Comparing Staticman to Talk

Compare Staticman with Talk 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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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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