giscus/giscus
A commenting system powered by GitHub Discussions. :octocat: :speech_balloon: :gem: observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
70/100
- Activity 84
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1986
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 99
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
12054 stars · 477 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
giscus is an open-source commenting system for websites powered by GitHub Discussions, serving as a successor to utterances. It embeds as a widget that maps pages to GitHub Discussions, letting visitors comment and react via GitHub OAuth with no database required.
Use cases
- add comments to a static site or blog without a backend
- replace Disqus with a privacy-friendly comment widget
- let readers comment using their GitHub accounts
- store blog comments in GitHub Discussions
- self-host a comment system with no database
- add reactions and comments to documentation pages
- migrate from utterances or gitalk to Discussions
When to choose
- your audience is developers or GitHub users
- you want zero-cost, no-tracking comments with no database
- you want moderation handled in GitHub
- you need theming, i18n, and React/Vue/Svelte components
When to avoid
- your visitors don't use GitHub and shouldn't need an account
- you need anonymous commenting
- you require full control over comment data outside GitHub
- you need guaranteed API stability, since GitHub Discussions API is still evolving
Facets
plugin · maturity active
ui-components web-framework auth api-framework web-development frontend developer-tools cms self-hosted cross-platform comments-widget github-discussions utterances-successor static-site-comments no-database embeddable-widget oauth open-source web-server nodejs react
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/giscus/giscus · fetched 2026-08-28 · d262eb094d23
- homepage: https://giscus.app · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6857134dee77
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| giscus/giscus | main | 70 |
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