# gitalk/gitalk

Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact.

Repository: https://github.com/gitalk/gitalk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitalk
Homepage: https://gitalk.github.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: comment, plugin, github, github-issues, preact, react
Last push: 2026-07-05T17:07:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3337, "days_push": 59, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7168, forks 619 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.363726+00:00)

## What it is
Gitalk is a comment widget for websites that stores comments as GitHub Issues and renders them using Preact. It is serverless, authenticating users via GitHub OAuth and works on static sites via a script tag or React component.

## Use cases
- add comments to a static blog without a backend
- use GitHub Issues as a comment storage backend
- embed a comment section in a React site
- let readers comment with their GitHub accounts
- add comments to docs or a Jekyll/Hexo site

## When to choose
- your audience is developers who already have GitHub accounts
- you want a serverless comment system for a static site
- you want comment data you fully control in a GitHub repo

## When to avoid
- your readers are non-technical and unlikely to have GitHub accounts
- you need anonymous commenting or moderation tools
- you worry about GitHub API rate limits on high-traffic pages

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, auth, plugin-system
- domain: web-development, frontend, cms, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: comments, github-issues, preact, serverless, static-site, blog-comments, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gitalk/gitalk (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.363726+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:39:57.440212+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gitalk/gitalk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.363726+00:00, sha c1194c91ab88)
  - homepage: https://gitalk.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:28.409523+00:00, sha ca776f941b56)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.