# Commenting / Blog gem or plugin?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commenting-blog-gem-or-plugin/173575>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commenting-blog-gem-or-plugin/173575 "2009-08-11T16:48:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![hangingclowns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hangingclowns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hangingclowns)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commenting-blog-gem-or-plugin/173575/1 "2009-08-11T16:48:42Z")

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Searching around if there is a good commenting / blog plugin or gem to  
use in my app. Would rather use one than reinvent the wheel. Something  
like where a user can comment on a specific item in my model and have  
the display etc all built in.

Any recommendations?

thanks

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**Author:** ![hangingclowns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hangingclowns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hangingclowns)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commenting-blog-gem-or-plugin/173575/2 "2009-08-11T17:39:47Z")

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Allen W. wrote:

> Searching around if there is a good commenting / blog plugin or gem to  
> use in my app. Would rather use one than reinvent the wheel. Something  
> like where a user can comment on a specific item in my model and have  
> the display etc all built in.
> 
> Any recommendations?

I’ve never used anything like what you’re describing, but I believe  
there’s a plugin called acts\_as\_commentable. You might also check out  
Disqus, which is a hosted service that does similar things.

> thanks

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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