Comparing Utterances to Giscus

Compare Utterances with Giscus for adding comments to your static site.

Utterances

A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

Overview

Uses GitHub OAuth; bot creates issues per page; no database needed

+ Pros

• No ads
• no tracking
• open source
• data stored in GitHub issues
• Markdown support
• dark theme
• lightweight

− Cons

• Requires GitHub login for commenters
• no responses display widget
• tied to GitHub ecosystem

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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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