commentator
A simple commenting system for your blog. (by mcorbin)
utterances
:crystal_ball: A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues (by utterance)
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| commentator | utterances | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 | |
| 29 | 8,605 | |
| - | 1.2% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 11 months ago | |
| HTML | TypeScript | |
| Eclipse Public License 2.0 | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
commentator
Posts with mentions or reviews of commentator.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-04.
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Disqus, the Dark Commenting System
i'm the author of Commentator, a commenting system where comments are stored on any s3 compatible store (easier to manage than a DB or local storage): https://github.com/mcorbin/commentator
It's still WIP but it supports comments approval, has a rate limiter, a challenge system to avoid spammers... I already use it for my personal blog.
utterances
Posts with mentions or reviews of utterances.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.
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Converting BlogCFC blog to Eleventy
Handling New Comments: There are excellent lightweight comment utilities available for managing comments on your eleventy blog. I personally use Utterances, but Giscus is also a great alternative.
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Unleash Your Dev Blog: Write More with GitHub Issues as Your CMS
We can use utteranc.es, a lightweight comment widget built on GitHub Issues to integrate authed comments in our blog.
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Must-Have Features to Look for in a Blogging Platform
utterances (open-source)
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Blog Comments
Typically, a comment requires server side code and a lot of messy management. It’s a pain. These comments rely on a tool called utterances. Utterances uses GitHub’s issue tracker which was designed to track bugs, as part of that it includes extensive comment and discussion capabilities. If an issue doesn’t exist, utterances will automatically create that issue for you. It created this issue for the comments in this page...
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How do I use utterances on a static GitHub pages site with no custom theme?
I've installed utterances on my GitHub repo. I've configured it and given it the appropriate permissions. At the end of setup, it provided me with an HTML script and the following instructions:
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Add comments to blog website in minutes
Fortunatly we have free, lightweight and efficient options to add comments in blog website or any website. I am talking about utteranc.es. A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues. Use GitHub issues for blog comments, wiki pages and more!
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🚀 Creating a Personalized Blog Website in minutes with Gatsby - A Step-by-Step Guide
Go to https://utteranc.es and follow the instructions to set up the commenting system.
- Free, non-self-hosted website comment system powered by GitHub Issues
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Add reactivity to your Next.js blog using giscus
Giscus drew significant inspiration from utterances, which utilize an issue-based comment system instead of discussions. I experimented with utterances initially, but I found it less convenient due to its reliance on an issue tracker for conversational purposes.
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Website engine or static content + dynamic functions implementations
If you're building a blog for developers, you can use a third-party commenting service that requires login with github, for example https://utteranc.es/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing commentator and utterances you can also consider the following projects:
commento - A fast, bloat-free comments platform (Github mirror)
giscus - A comment system powered by GitHub Discussions. :octocat: :speech_balloon: :gem:
remark42 - comment engine
gitalk - Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact.
commento
staticman - 💪 User-generated content for Git-powered websites
amazon-s3-presigned-urls-aws-sam - For more serverless learning resources, visit https://serverlessland.com/.
Glosa - Comments for static sites. Clone of Disqus, but faster, Opensource and sexy.
boring-avatars - Boring avatars is a tiny JavaScript React library that generates custom, SVG-based avatars from any username and color palette.
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