# Adding Comments on Hugo The Best Way

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268 "2023-09-18T12:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rose\_Chege](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rose_chege/32/20116_2.png) [@Rose\_Chege](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Rose_Chege)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/1 "2023-09-18T12:10:44Z")

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I’m looking forward to adding a comment section to Hugo’s post. I have seen several alternatives that support Hugo’s comments.

My question is:

What would be the ideal way to add comments without affecting loading time?

If you know any open source alternative, suggest the best approach and practices to add comments.

A code sample will be great, if available.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Fryboyter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/fryboyter/32/26114_2.png) [@Fryboyter](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Fryboyter)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/2 "2023-09-18T14:39:52Z")

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In my opinion, there is no objectively best solution. Every commenting system I know of has advantages and disadvantages, so you have to decide what suits you best.

I personally use the commenting system Isso ([https://isso-comments.de](https://isso-comments.de)). It is based on Python and a SQLite database, so I can easily host Isso myself.

At [fryboyter.de/comments.html at main - fryboyter.de - Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/Fryboyter/fryboyter.de/src/branch/main/themes/GythaOgg/layouts/partials/comments.html) you can find the code I use to display the comments section below a post. But important is only line 15 and 16 (and the final tag div tag).

At [fryboyter.de/metadata.html at main - fryboyter.de - Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/Fryboyter/fryboyter.de/src/branch/main/themes/GythaOgg/layouts/partials/metadata.html) you can find the code (line 8) that I use to show how many comments there are so far under an article title.

But at [Getting started](https://isso-comments.de/docs/) you can actually find a pretty good description that was created by the developers of Isso. This is probably better than my code.

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**Author:** ![Arif](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/arif/32/20931_2.png) [@Arif](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Arif)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/3 "2023-09-18T14:52:33Z")

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Here are some commenting systems that you can use with Hugo

> **[Comments](https://gohugo.io/content-management/comments/)**
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> Hugo ships with an internal Disqus template, but this isn't the only commenting system that will work with your new Hugo website.

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**Author:** ![iaeiou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/iaeiou/32/15332_2.png) [@iaeiou](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/iaeiou)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/4 "2023-09-18T21:53:32Z")

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I’m using Cusdis and I’m satisfied with it.  
See [Free and open-source comments for Hugo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/free-and-open-source-comments-for-hugo/32940)

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**Author:** ![biden2020prez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/biden2020prez/32/18051_2.png) [@biden2020prez](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/biden2020prez)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/5 "2023-09-19T00:58:25Z")

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Are you using the public instance or the self hosted version?

I agree that Cusdis is amazing, but I am concerned because they have no way to export comments.

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**Author:** ![iaeiou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/iaeiou/32/15332_2.png) [@iaeiou](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/iaeiou)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/6 "2023-09-19T18:23:51Z")

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I’m using the public instance, and I agree about the missing export option. Does the according feature request exist?

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**Author:** ![biden2020prez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/biden2020prez/32/18051_2.png) [@biden2020prez](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/biden2020prez)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/adding-comments-on-hugo-the-best-way/46268/7 "2023-09-19T18:36:07Z")

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yes. it’s [here](https://github.com/djyde/cusdis/issues/167)  
and it seems that they want to [add the feature](https://github.com/users/djyde/projects/1/views/1) so that’s nice.

There system is really nice and I would use it if it had that feature. But because that feature is missing I am working on my own personal comments system (I made a thread about it).