Cusdis
Dev tools
embeddable comment widget
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
11 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 28 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 5 for, 15 againstExecution: 1 for, 9 againstDocs: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight, small bundle size
From 2 comments
Neat! I checked out your source code, and if there's one comment I have, it's the way you query for comments. Currently, response times are around 300-400 ms for just 79 bytes of…
lawrencechen on HNI'm a huge fan of the lightweight nature of Cusdis. I made this walk-through video of the project inclusive the deployment to Vercel and Railway:…
mfts0 on HN
Open source and self-hosted
From 1 comment
self hosting + open source. kudos, good man
spamtarget on HN
Privacy-friendly approach
From 1 comment
I love this project and I'd love it more if there was a discription on landing page about WHY it is privacy-friendly (as it seems to be one of the greatest benefits).
eatthatpie on HN
Objections
Name is too close to Disqus or should change
From 3 comments
Disqus -> qusDis -> cusDis -> cusdis I hope that's not too close to the original name
barbazoo on HNNice project but you should probably change the name of the service IMO.
staticelf on HNChange the name.
pgt on HN
No open-source spam protection as good as hosted services
From 2 comments
The main advantage to Disqus (and other hosted solutions) is that their spam protection applies across all comment sections. You'll never get that with an open source solution.
jedberg on HNAbuse is an arms race, so I'm not certain it can entirely be "open source". Someone has to man the servers to adapt as the assault develops. There can be tools that are open…
bdamm on HN
Needs GitHub login, narrowing audience
From 1 comment
I worry about the echo chambers people are subjecting themselves to when something with applicability as general as a commenting widget requires a GitHub account to sign in.…
pwdisswordfish8 on HN
Requests
Add Jekyll or static site integration docs
From 2 comments
Cool! I would like to try this out in my blog, can this be integrated with statically generated pages using jekyll?
setum on HNHow can I use it on the posts in my blog hosted at GitHub pages? I use Jekyll to build my blog. Do you have a tutorial for that?
truth_ on HN
Disqus import support
From 1 comment
Very cool! I would love to switch away but a Disqus import would be needed before we can do so.
sytse on HN
Non-JavaScript widget
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. I browse the WWW without JavaScript and this bricks many comment systems. Are you planning to make a widget without reliance on JavaScript?
Dort on HN
Document privacy benefits on landing page
From 1 comment
I love this project and I'd love it more if there was a discription on landing page about WHY it is privacy-friendly (as it seems to be one of the greatest benefits).
eatthatpie on HN
Questions
What is the license?
From 1 comment
What's the license? I didn't see it on the repo.
toomanyducks on HN
How does it compare to Commento?
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Commento? https://commento.io/ https://gitlab.com/commento/commento
l3s2d on HN
Is there a monetization plan?
From 1 comment
I have been tinkering about the idea of building open source disqus alternative for few months now. I guess I missed the train already:D Do you have any plans to monetise this?
heofizzy on HN
Alternatives named
Remark42
From 1 comment
Another similar project: https://remark42.com/ https://github.com/umputun/remark42
aleksi on HN
Commento
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Commento? https://commento.io/ https://gitlab.com/commento/commento
l3s2d on HN
Coral Talk
From 1 comment
Coral is poorly advertised outside it's ecosystem, but should be considered. https://github.com/coralproject/talk See https://docs.coralproject.net/coral/v5/integrating/cms/ to…
mey on HN
Staticman
From 1 comment
I'm late to the game, but I'm surprised that no one has mentioned StaticMan yet: https://github.com/eduardoboucas/staticman Just uses Git(Hub|Lab) to triage and approve comments…
taltman1 on HN
RemarkBox
From 1 comment
Nice project! I've been using RemarkBox for the last couple of months and like it. It's privacy respecting, hosted, pay what you want. https://www.remarkbox.com/
yoaviram on HN