Comparing Utterances to Staticman
Compare Utterances with Staticman for adding comments to your static site.
- No ads
- no tracking
- open source
- data stored in GitHub issues
- Markdown support
- dark theme
- lightweight
- Requires GitHub login for commenters
- no responses display widget
- tied to GitHub ecosystem
- Open source
- content stored in GitHub repository
- moderation via pull requests
- no vendor lock-in
- Requires GitHub account
- no built-in responses display
- setup complexity
- relies on GitHub API
Utterances
A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues
Overview
Uses GitHub OAuth; bot creates issues per page; no database needed
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Staticman
Static sites with superpowers
Overview
Community instance available but may be unreliable; data lives in your repo