giscus
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Dec 5, 2025first mention
Jun 19, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Giscus, but it seems to work fine.”
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“There are also tools like giscus[1] which allow comments on static pages”
Caveats and dissent
“An error occurred: API rate limit already exceeded”
“They both require a server or you trusting that they'll run theirs forever.”
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Also written as Giscus. Data: giscus.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“Maybe giscus”
“Seems kind of similar (at least in purpose) to giscus, a commenting system powered by GitHub Discussions.”
“An error occurred: API rate limit already exceeded”
“their documentation seems to suggest that Giscus is the only way”
“I use Giscus, but it seems to work fine.”
“They both require a server or you trusting that they'll run theirs forever.”
“There are also tools like giscus[1] which allow comments on static pages”