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Utterances

Comments widget powered by GitHub issues

Forums & Community ★ 9.7k stars Easy setup MIT

Utterances is a lightweight commenting widget that uses GitHub issues as the storage backend, embeddable in any static website. Visitors comment with their GitHub accounts and threads stay in the repository.

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Key features

  • Comments via GitHub issues
  • No backend database
  • Embeddable widget
  • Lightweight

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Mature project with 9.7k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript

Is Utterances secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Utterances's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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