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24 alternatives to Replacing WordPress with GitHub Issues-like Blog Comments

This is a lightweight blog commenting system designed as an alternative to heavy third-party solutions like Disqus. It features a GitHub Issues-inspired interface and backend, allowing developers to implement custom… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Replacing WordPress with GitHub Issues-like Blog Comments launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Octomments▲88

   Using GitHub issues as a comment plugin.

   2020 · ocs.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Writer▲206

   An Open Source WYSIWYG editor for GitHub

   2020 · ckeditor.com · its alternatives →

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   Openblog – Blogging with GitHub Issues▲78

   Blogging with Github Issues. Contribute to mateogianolio/issuance development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A simple Go web server with logging, tracing, health check▲318

   GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Enhanced Comments▲77

   Placeholder variables for GitHub comments and issues

   2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-free alternative to Disqus▲233

   A fast, bloat-free comments platform (Github mirror) - adtac/commento

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Gitscout▲307

   A beautiful Github Issues experience for macOS

   2016 · gitscout.com · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Polls▲252

   Polls for GitHub issues and readme

   2017 · gh-polls.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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   HubPress▲124

   A web application to build your blog on GitHub

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    GitPress▲120

    A blog writing tool based on GitHub, designed for developers

    2019 · quaily.com · its alternatives →

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    plok.sh▲328

    Github to blog. Instantly. Free forever.

    Nov 2025 · plok.sh · its alternatives →

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    Automatically turn GitHub issues into blog posts▲11

    2015 · ebarnouflant.com · its alternatives →

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    Execute any comment from issues and pull requests on GitHub▲95

    Execute any script in a GitHub issue comment. Contribute to nwtgck/actions-comment-run development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Comment on GitHub Projects▲19

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Allowing threads on GitHub PR Issue comments▲27

    A GitHub Action + GitHub App that transforms PR issue comments into file comments, allowing threads and the resolve conversation button. Also adding the option of creating PR Slack channels fully synced with PRs. -> Feel free to try it out on this demo PR: https://github.com/pullpo-io/cli/pull/7

    2024 · blog.pullpo.io · its alternatives →

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    GitNews▲296

    Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit

    2018 · gitnews.learn.uno · its alternatives →

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    Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲271

    2019 · commento.io · its alternatives →

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    Lessnoise.app▲141

    GitHub issues & PRs as Slack digests

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Issues Solved▲78

    Find the best solution to GitHub Issue

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    CommentBox.io – a responsible alternative to Disqus▲64

    Hosted commenting that's painless to embed, a pleasure to use, and a breeze to moderate.

    2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →

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    CTO.ai GitHub Comment Workflows▲78

    Automating developer workflows from GitHub comments

    2023 · cto.ai · its alternatives →

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    Frankly▲101

    A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An experimental Github/trending User Interface▲58

    2018 · github-trending-plus.surge.sh · its alternatives →

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    TinyPress – A GitHub Blogging Platform▲93

    2015 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

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