# Ghost Casper vs Ghost Lyra

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572>\
**Category:** Themes\
**Created:** [October 9, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572 "2020-10-09T08:55:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Beric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Beric](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Beric)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/1 "2020-10-09T08:55:47Z")

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I want to set up a site with a blog and a forum using Discourse, but I also want a Discourse comment section on the blog. What would be the best theme to use in this instance?

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**Author:** ![inoryum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/inoryum/32/11866_2.png) [@inoryum](https://forum.ghost.org/u/inoryum)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/2 "2020-10-09T12:37:10Z")

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Both themes are good but Lyra has Membership Support… If you need to use ghost membership feature go with the Lyra theme …

& here is a link to how you can use discourse comments in your ghost

> **[Official Ghost + Discourse Integration](https://ghost.org/integrations/discourse/)**
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> Setting up Discourse with Ghost allows you to embed comment on your posts and pages & link your site to your community forum. Find out how 👉

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**Author:** ![Beric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Beric](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Beric)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/3 "2020-10-09T17:37:56Z")

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You’ve knocked it out of the park with that reply Inoryum. Thank you so much for your response. It explains a lot. I have a question though, and I apologise if it seems trite. If I set up Lyra and members sign in to my site (on the home page), will it also sign them into discourse at the same time so they can use the comments (in posts) and the forum section of the site? Or is that a job for an automation tool like Zapier?

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**Author:** ![inoryum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/inoryum/32/11866_2.png) [@inoryum](https://forum.ghost.org/u/inoryum)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/4 "2020-10-09T17:49:08Z")

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No its a job of third-party tools. Ghost membership currently works only with ghost… But if you want a native like commenting tool that supports ghost native signin or signup then I would suggest you to check @dan cove comment

> **[Cove](https://cove.chat/)**
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> Member-based commenting and communities 
for Ghost publications.

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**Author:** ![bressler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bressler/32/9419_2.png) [@bressler](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bressler)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/5 "2020-10-13T20:00:34Z")

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I was going to suggest the same.

I’m just building my site, but I’m using Dan’s theme that integrates Cove too.

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**Author:** ![uri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/uri/32/7414_2.png) [@uri](https://forum.ghost.org/u/uri)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-casper-vs-ghost-lyra/17572/7 "2020-10-15T07:44:08Z")

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I believe [https://twitter.com/yarobagriy](https://twitter.com/yarobagriy) my have an answer here, not sure he’s on the Ghost forums!