Comparing Utterances to Talk
Compare Utterances with Talk 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
- real-time comments
- moderation
- email notifications
- no third-party dependency
- Small community
- less polished than commercial options
- no commercial hosting
- limited documentation
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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Talk
A Node.js-based commenting system for static sites
Overview
Based on Cactus Comments; requires self-hosting