When you’re running a blog, sometimes a simple piece of feedback or a friendly greeting from a reader can be a huge source of motivation. That’s why I finally decided to add a comment section to my blog.
Usually, developer blogs tend to lean towards Giscus or Utterances, which use GitHub Discussions under the hood. I’ve used them before and they’re great, but there were two problems: my current blog’s source code repository is private, and more importantly, I wanted people without GitHub accounts to be able to leave comments easily.
After looking around for alternatives, I stumbled upon Cusdis.
Cusdis is a very lightweight, privacy-friendly comment system. The absolute best part is that visitors don’t need to sign up or log in; they can just leave a comment using a name and an email address. 👍
Being a developer, I naturally considered self-hosting it on my personal NAS using Docker. But it turns out Cusdis offers their cloud version completely free for up to 100 comments a month. So I figured, why not just start out the easy way?
Honestly, I’d be absolutely thrilled if this blog gets popular enough that I actually have to upgrade to their Cloud Pro plan or migrate the whole thing to my NAS to handle all the traffic. Fingers crossed!
Since my blog is built with Astro, I just created a quick component, pasted the script they provided, and it was done in less than a minute. It’s so seamless!
If you happen to drop by the blog and have any questions, or even if you just want to say hi, I’d be absolutely thrilled to hear from you. Please feel free to leave a trace! 😊
Note: I’m a solo developer based in Korea. To share my journey with a wider audience, I used AI to help translate my thoughts into English. If any phrasing feels a bit “too AI” or unnatural, please bear with me.