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Crowment vs giscus

Compare Crowment and giscus, the GitHub Discussions comment widget, on who can comment, moderation and setup.

At a glance

Crowmentgiscus
PriceFree plan with 5,000 stored comments; paid plans from $9/monthFree and open source
Where comments liveCrowment's servers, managed for youGitHub Discussions in a public repository
Who can commentAnyone with a Crowment account, or your site's own accounts through single sign-onPeople with a GitHub account who authorize the giscus app
ModerationAn AI reviews every comment; queue, bans, word and link rulesBy hand on GitHub
SetupOne script and one tagA public repository with Discussions on, the giscus app installed, then the script
Ads and trackingNoneNone

Why choose Crowment

  • Readers don't need GitHub. Anyone can comment with one Crowment account, or with your site's own account through single sign-on.
  • Moderation is done for you. The AI publishes clean comments and stops insults, threats, scams and spam before anyone sees them. See How moderation works.
  • No repository to manage. Nothing about your comments has to be public on GitHub.
  • Reactions, GIFs, images and memes that a general audience expects.

When giscus is the better fit

  • Your readers are developers who already have GitHub accounts.
  • You want the comments stored in your own repository.
  • You need a fully open-source tool you could host yourself.
giscus details are from giscus.app, checked in October 2026.

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