Comparing Talk to Waline
Compare Talk with Waline for adding comments to your static site.
- Open source
- real-time comments
- moderation
- email notifications
- no third-party dependency
- Small community
- less polished than commercial options
- no commercial hosting
- limited documentation
- Open source
- multiple deployment options
- email notifications
- spam protection
- Markdown support
- reactions
- page views
- Moderate setup complexity
- requires Node.js knowledge for self-hosting
- free tier relies on Vercel
Talk
A Node.js-based commenting system for static sites
Overview
Based on Cactus Comments; requires self-hosting
+ Pros
− Cons
Waline
A simple and cute comment system with backend
Partial free
Overview
Fork of Valine with significant improvements; GDPR-compliant storage options