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The most common interaction people ask for in static websites is the ability to add comments.

Hugo ships with support for Disqus, a third-party service that provides comment and community capabilities to websites via JavaScript.

Your theme may already support Disqus, but if not, it is easy to add to your templates via Hugo's built-in Disqus partial.

Adding Disqus

Hugo comes with all the code you need to load Disqus into your templates. Before adding Disqus to your site, you'll need to set up an account.

Configuring Disqus

Disqus comments require you set a single value in your site's configuration file. The following show the configuration variable in a config.toml and config.yml, respectively:

disqusShortname = "yourdiscussshortname"

disqusShortname: "yourdiscussshortname"

For many websites, this is enough configuration. However, you also have the option to set the following in the front matter of a single content file:

• disqus_identifier
• disqus_title
• disqus_url

Rendering Hugo's Built-in Disqus Partial Template

See Partial Templates to learn how to add the Disqus partial to your Hugo website's templates.

Commenting Alternatives

There are a few alternatives to commenting on static sites for those who do not want to use Disqus:

• Static Man
• IntenseDebate
• Livefyre
• Muut
• 多说 (Duoshuo, popular in China)
• isso (Self-hosted, Python)
  • Tutorial on Implementing Isso with Hugo