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Allowing visitors to post comments to a site built with a static site generator such as Jekyll, Hugo, or Gatsby is often one of the first hurdles developers face. Fortunately, there is a growing ecosystem of tools available to add comments to your Jamstack site. Before we get into the list, it’s worth mentioning a few alternative approaches to commenting:

  1. No comments — Having no comments on a blog is always an option. You won’t get community interaction but it’s by far the easiest to implement.
  2. Manual comments — Have your audience email you questions or comments which you manual transfer to the site. If you’re only get sporadic comments it might be a good approach. Let’s get into the full list of commenting solutions:

Cactus Comments
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

Caint Casa
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

CommentBox
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

Commentics
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Commento
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Commenze
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Coral
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Cusdis
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

Discourse
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Disqus
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Facebook Comments
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Gitalk
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Gitment
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Gotell
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Graph Comment
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

HashOver
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

HTML Comment Box
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

HyperComments
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Hyvor Talk
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Insticator
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
No

IntenseDebate
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

Isso
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Juvia
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Kucos
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Livere
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Matchchat
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Metype
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

Mouthful
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Muut
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

OpenWeb
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
No

Remark42
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Remarkbox
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
Yes

ReplyBox
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
No

Schnack
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Staticman
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Talkatv
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

TalkYard
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
No

Triangle Comments
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Utterances
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Valine
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Viafoura
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Vssue
hosted:
No
self-hosted:
Yes
open-source:
Yes
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

Vuukle
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
Yes
automatic-spam-moderation:
Yes
gdpr-compliant:
Yes
free-option:
Yes

WebMention
hosted:
Yes
self-hosted:
No
open-source:
No
nested-conversations:
No
automatic-spam-moderation:
No
gdpr-compliant:
No
free-option:
No
Name
Cactus Comments

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Caint Casa

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No

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No

No

No

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CommentBox

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No

No

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No

No

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Commentics

No

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No

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Commento

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No
Commenze

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No

No

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No
Coral

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Included

No
Cusdis

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No

No

No

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Discourse

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Disqus

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No

No

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Facebook Comments

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No

No

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Gitalk

No

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No

No

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Gitment

No

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No

No

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Gotell

No

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No

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Graph Comment

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No

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HashOver

No

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No

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HTML Comment Box

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No

No

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No

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HyperComments

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No

No

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No
Hyvor Talk

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No

No

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No
Insticator

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No

No

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No

No
IntenseDebate

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No

No

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No

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Isso

No

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No

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Juvia

No

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No

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Kucos

No

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No

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Livere

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No

No

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Matchchat

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No

No

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No

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Metype

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No

No

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No

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Mouthful

No

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Included

No

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Muut

Included

No

No

Included

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Included

No
OpenWeb

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No

No

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Included

No
Remark42

No

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No

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Remarkbox

Included

No

No

No

No

No

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ReplyBox

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No

No

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No

No
Schnack

No

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No

No

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Staticman

No

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No

No

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Talkatv

No

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No

No

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TalkYard

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No

No
Triangle Comments

No

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No

No

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Utterances

Included

No

Included

No

No

Included

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Valine

No

Included

Included

Included

No

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Included
Viafoura

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No

No

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Included

Included

Included
Vssue

No

Included

Included

No

No

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Included
Vuukle

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No

No

Included

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WebMention

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No

No

No

No

No

No

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