diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f984c8..a134b81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ summaryLength = 70  # number of words for article summaries
     # enable comments support with commento using the script from your server
     commento = "https://example.com/js/commento.js"
 
+    # enable comments support with cactus comments (cactus.chat)
+    cactusCommentsSiteName = "example.com"
+    cactusCommentsServerName = "https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448"
+    cactusCommentsHomeserver = "https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448"
+
     # enable analytics using Plausible
     plausibleScriptUrl = "https://something.com/..."
     plausibleDomain = "example.com"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 1bc309e..b9e4f4e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@
         </p>
     {{ end }}
     {{- partial "inject/content-after.html" . -}}
-    {{ if .Site.Params.commento }}
-        <script
-            defer
-            src="{{ .Site.Params.commento }}"
-            data-no-fonts="true"
-        ></script>
-        <div id="commento"></div>
-    {{ end }}
+    {{- partial "commento.html" . -}}
+    {{- partial "cactus_chat.html" . -}}
     {{- partial "related_articles.html" . -}}
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/cactus_chat.html b/layouts/partials/cactus_chat.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..187d9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/cactus_chat.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{ if site.Params.cactusCommentsSiteName }}
+<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">
+
+<div id="ficurinia-cactus-comments"></div>
+
+<script>
+initComments({
+    node: document.getElementById("ficurinia-cactus-comments"),
+    defaultHomeserverUrl: '{{ site.Params.cactusCommentsHomeserver | default "https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448" }}',
+    serverName: '{{ site.Params.cactusCommentsServerName | default "cactus.chat" }}',
+    siteName: "{{ site.Params.cactusCommentsSiteName }}",
+    commentSectionId: "{{ .File.UniqueID }}"
+})
+</script>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/commento.html b/layouts/partials/commento.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd39cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/commento.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{ if .Site.Params.commento }}
+    <script
+        defer
+        src="{{ .Site.Params.commento }}"
+        data-no-fonts="true"
+    ></script>
+    <div id="commento"></div>
+{{ end }}