# imsun/gitment

A comment system based on GitHub Issues.

Repository: https://github.com/imsun/gitment
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitment
Homepage: https://imsun.github.io/gitment/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: comments, github-issues, github-blog
Last push: 2021-10-05T06:10:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3447, "days_push": 1793, "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 4046, forks 345 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.610079+00:00)

## What it is
Gitment is a client-side comment system that stores comments as GitHub Issues in a repository you own, embeddable in any website with no server-side component. It provides GitHub OAuth login, Markdown/GFM rendering, syntax highlighting, and GitHub notifications through a simple JavaScript widget.

## Use cases
- add comments to a static blog without running a backend
- find a Disqus alternative powered by GitHub Issues
- let readers comment on my site with their GitHub accounts
- embed a comment widget on a Hexo or Jekyll blog
- serverless comments for a static website
- store site comments in a GitHub repository

## When to choose
- your site is static or serverless and you want comments with zero backend infrastructure
- your audience is developers comfortable logging in with GitHub
- you want Markdown support, syntax highlighting, and GitHub notifications for comments out of the box
- you want full control over comment data since it lives in your own repository

## When to avoid
- you need to allow commenters without GitHub accounts
- you need actively maintained software with security fixes — the project has had no releases since 2021 and its README documents a client-secret exposure concern
- you need moderation tools or spam filtering beyond what GitHub Issues provides
- your site's audience is non-technical and GitHub login would be a barrier

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, auth
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: comment-system, github-issues, static-site-comments, disqus-alternative, client-side, oauth, markdown-comments, no-backend, unmaintained, blogs, nodejs

## Member repositories
- imsun/gitment (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.610079+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 2026-08-29T18:23:43.096901+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/imsun/gitment (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.610079+00:00, sha 0fb743e27948)
  - homepage: https://imsun.github.io/gitment/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:19.384779+00:00, sha 3d50efab2e6d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/gitment (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:19.387407+00:00, sha 47df7b068730)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.