# Comments

## Summary

Pyblosxom does not come with comments functionality built-in. There are several ways you can add comments functionality to your blog. This chapter talks about those.

## Disqus

Disqus is a comments platform web service that allows you to add comments to your blog.

Pros:

- it’s easy to install
- it handles spam for you
- supports notifications and replies

Cons:

- it’s a web service that you have no control over
- it might be difficult to move your comments over to a new system

If this is interesting to you, sign up for a Disqus account.

## Writing your own comments plugin

Pyblosxom allows for plugins allowing you to write a plugin to add comments to your website. This isn’t for the feint of heart–there are a lot of bits to think about.

Pros:

- you’re in complete control over how comments work on your site

Cons:

- not for the feint of heart

## Comments plugin

Pyblosxom comes with a comments plugin that has a series of features, but also has some issues and isn’t trivial to set up.

Pros:

- it’s entirely in your control
- you can extend and modify it to meet your needs
- a lot of Pyblosxom users use it

Cons:

- many people find it difficult to install
- it’s missing common comment system features like replies, threads, ...
- you have to implement and maintain your own anti-spam measures
- it hasn’t been well maintained in the last couple of years

This comments plugin is documented in the comments chapter of Part 2: Core plugin documentation.