Compare — vs Utterances

Utterances is minimal. We are complete.

Utterances proved that lightweight comments work. We keep the spirit, but add the pieces a real product needs.

What Utterances gets right

  • 01Tiny, no tracking — we love that.
  • 02But GitHub-only login limits your audience by ~90%.
  • 03Issues as storage breaks when you close or rename them.

Head-to-head

FeatureAwesome CommentUtterances
LoginGoogle One Tap, anonymous, GitHub (via SSO)GitHub only
StorageDedicated DB + searchGitHub Issues
FeaturesTranslation, AI replies, spam, emailBasic markdown
Scale10k+ threads, built for SaaSGood for small blogs

Migration

You can keep Utterances and Awesome Comment side-by-side per post, or fully switch by pointing postId to the same slug.

Keep it lightweight, make it complete

Same minimal vibe, more power when you need it.

Astro guideSee overview