giscus AlternativesComment Platforms and other similar apps like giscus

giscus is described as 'A comments system powered by GitHub Discussions. Let visitors leave comments and reactions on your website via GitHub!' and is a comment platform in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to giscus for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Wordpress and Linux apps. The best giscus alternative is Disqus, which is free. Other great apps like giscus are Isso, utterances, Commento and ReplyBox.

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  1. Disqus icon
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    Disqus offers the best add-on tools for site owners to power discussions, increase engagement, and earn revenue.

    52 Disqus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
    • Disqus is the most popular Web-based alternative to giscus.

    • Disqus is the most popular free alternative to giscus.

    • Disqus is Freemium and Proprietarygiscus is Free and Open Source
  2. Isso icon
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    Isso – Ich schrei sonst – is a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Isso is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to giscus.

    • Isso is the most popular Open Source alternative to giscus.

    • Isso is Free and Open Sourcegiscus is also Free and Open Source
    • Isso is Privacy focusedgiscus is not according to our users
  3. utterances icon
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    A lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues. Use GitHub issues for blog comments, wiki pages and more!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • GitHub
     
  4. Commento icon
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    Commento is a popular, fast, bloat-free commenting system that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and more. Open source at its core, Commento guarantees you privacy and does not include third-party trackers and advertisements, unlike alternatives such as Disqus.

    39 Commento alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
    • Commento is the most popular commercial alternative to giscus.

    • Commento is Paid and Open Sourcegiscus is Free and Open Source
  5. ReplyBox icon
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    ReplyBox is a simple, privacy-focused comment system that's light-weight and blazingly-fast.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ReplyBox is the most popular SaaS alternative to giscus.

    • ReplyBox is Paid and Proprietarygiscus is Free and Open Source
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    Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the web, based on the Matrix protocol. The system is easily embedded, respects you and your users privacy and is completely free and open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Matrix.org
     
  7. Remark42 icon
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    Remark42 is a self-hosted, lightweight, and simple (yet functional) comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.

    12 Remark42 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Chirpy icon
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    Chirpy is an open-source, privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate, you can embed a comment widget on a blog, a news article or any place where you want your readers to add comments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Cusdis icon
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    Open source, lightweight (~5kb gzip), privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  10. Schnack icon
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    Schnack is an open source commenting system written in JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    HTML Comment Box is an easy wasy for your website to receive, and optionally approve/delete comments from your visitors.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. talkatv icon
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    talkatv is an open source comment service much like Disqus or IntenseDebate .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
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