diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 97b3c21e..a57fbe91 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -70,8 +70,16 @@ weight = 4
   showReadTime = true # default
 
   [params.comments]
-    enabled = false # default
-    engine = "disqus" # more supported engines will be added.
+    enabled = true # default
+    engine = "cactus_comments" # only disqus, utterances, and cactus_comments is supported
+    [params.comments.utterances]
+      repo = "<github_username>/<github_reponame>"
+      label = "hugo-site-name" # you can use however you want to label your name in your repo's issues
+      theme = "github-light"
+    [params.comments.cactuscomments]
+      siteName = "your_cactus_comments_sitename" # see https://cactus.chat/ on how to register your site name
+      #serverUrl = "" # Defaults to https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448 (Cactus Chat public server)
+      #serverName = "" # Defaults to cactus.chat
 
   # the value of name should be an valid font awesome icon name (brands type)
   # https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&s=brands
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments.html b/layouts/partials/comments.html
index c3f88870..b17721e8 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/comments.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments.html
@@ -10,27 +10,13 @@
 
 {{ $enable_comments := .Scratch.Get "enable_comments" }}
 {{ if $enable_comments }}
-  {{ if (or (not (isset .Site.Params.Comments "engine")) (eq .Site.Params.Comments.Engine "disqus")) }}
-    <div class="blog-post-comments">
-        <div id="disqus_thread">
-          <script type="text/javascript">
-          
-          (function() {
-              // Don't ever inject Disqus on localhost--it creates unwanted
-              // discussions from 'localhost:1313' on your Disqus account...
-              // if (window.location.hostname == "localhost")
-              //     return;
-          
-              var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
-              var disqus_shortname = '{{ if .Site.DisqusShortname }}{{ .Site.DisqusShortname }}{{ else }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}';
-              dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
-              (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
-          })();
-          </script>
-          <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="https://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
-          <a href="https://disqus.com/" class="dsq-brlink">comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-  {{ end }}
-{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+  <div class="blog-post-comments">
+    {{ if (or (not (isset .Site.Params.Comments "engine")) (eq .Site.Params.Comments.Engine "disqus")) }}
+      {{ partial "comments/disqus.html" . }}
+    {{ else if eq .Site.Params.Comments.Engine "utterances" }}
+      {{ partial "comments/utterances.html" . }}
+    {{ else if eq .Site.Params.Comments.Engine "cactus_comments" }}
+      {{ partial "comments/cactus_comments.html" . }}
+    {{ end }}
+  </div>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments/cactus_comments.html b/layouts/partials/comments/cactus_comments.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7873bbb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments/cactus_comments.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<div id="cactus-comments-thread">
+  <script>
+  initComments({
+    node: document.getElementById("cactus-comments-thread"),
+    defaultHomeserverUrl: '{{ default "https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448" .Site.Params.Comments.Cactuscomments.ServerUrl }}',
+    serverName: '{{ default "cactus.chat" .Site.Params.Comments.Cactuscomments.ServerName }}',
+    siteName: "{{ .Site.Params.Comments.Cactuscomments.SiteName }}",
+    commentSectionId: "{{ .RelPermalink }}"
+  })
+</script>
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments/disqus.html b/layouts/partials/comments/disqus.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8acd459f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments/disqus.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<div id="disqus_thread">
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    (function() {
+      // Don't ever inject Disqus on localhost--it creates unwanted
+      // discussions from 'localhost:1313' on your Disqus account...
+      // if (window.location.hostname == "localhost")
+      //     return;
+    
+      var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
+      var disqus_shortname = '{{ if .Site.DisqusShortname }}{{ .Site.DisqusShortname }}{{ else }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}';
+      dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
+      (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
+    })();
+  </script>
+  <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="https://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
+  <a href="https://disqus.com/" class="dsq-brlink">comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments/utterances.html b/layouts/partials/comments/utterances.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..205617ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments/utterances.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div id="disquss_thread">
+  <script src="https://utteranc.es/client.js"
+    repo="{{ .Site.Params.Comments.Utterances.Repo }}"
+    issue-term="pathname"
+    label="{{ .Site.Params.Comments.Utterances.Label }}"
+    theme="{{ .Site.Params.Comments.Utterances.Theme }}"
+    crossorigin="anonymous"
+    async>
+  </script>
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 82ea9c32..90ef9277 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   <link rel="preload" href="{{ "lib/font-awesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.woff2" | relURL }}" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin="anonymous">
   <link rel="preload" href="{{ "lib/font-awesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff2" | relURL }}" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin="anonymous">
   <link rel="preload" href="{{ "lib/JetBrainsMono/web/woff2/JetBrainsMono-Regular.woff2" | relURL }}" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin="anonymous">
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://latest.cactus.chat/cactus.js"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://latest.cactus.chat/style.css" type="text/css">
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <title>{{ if .IsPage }} {{ .Title }} | {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}</title>