Comment anywhere on the web.
The internet has 1.5 billion websites but most have no comment section. OpenDiscourse adds one to every page — no sign-up required.
The internet has 1.5 billion websites but most have no comment section. OpenDiscourse adds one to every page — no sign-up required.
Comment widgets like Disqus require site owners to install them. Annotation tools target academics. And every "comment anywhere" extension before us? Dead.
| OpenDiscourse | Disqus | Hypothesis | Dissenter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on any page | ✓ | ✗ site owner must install | ✓ | Shut down |
| No sign-up needed | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | — |
| Threaded replies | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | — |
| Quote page text | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | — |
| @Mentions | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | — |
| Lightweight & fast | ✓ | ✗ heavy scripts + ads | ✗ complex UI | — |
| Privacy-first | ✓ | ✗ tracks users | ✓ | — |
| Still alive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Dead |
Wherever there's a webpage, there's a conversation waiting to happen.
Most company and personal blogs have no comment section. Bring the discussion back.
NYT, Bloomberg, and others killed their comment sections. Discuss the news freely.
Honest community discussion on Amazon, Shopify stores — outside the seller's control.
Share tips, gotchas, and solutions directly on docs pages. Knowledge sharing, unfiltered.
Community intel on job posts — salary info, interview tips, company culture notes.
Public discourse on legislation, policy documents, and civic resources.
No accounts, no tracking, no friction. Just open discourse.
Click the floating button on any website to open the sidebar and start commenting instantly.
No sign-up required. You get a unique random identity that persists across sessions.
Reply to comments up to 3 levels deep. Real conversations, not just a wall of text.
Select any text on a page and attach it as a quote to your comment. Context matters.
Tag other commenters with @mentions. Autocomplete shows everyone on the page.
Made a typo? Changed your mind? Edit or delete your own comments anytime.
Add OpenDiscourse to Chrome, Edge, or Firefox instantly with a single click. It's 100% free.
A subtle floating button appears on every page. Click to open the comment sidebar.
Post, reply, quote, mention. Your anonymous identity is saved automatically.
OpenDiscourse is a 100% free browser extension. Available for Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
* Chromium version also supports Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera.