Comparing Utterances to Staticman

Compare Utterances with Staticman 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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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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