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annotate.el

  • Available on NonGNU Elpa and MELPA
  • Supports Emacs >= 27.1
  • recently updated (new maintainer)
  • annotation ranges supported (may make integration with private_comments more complex)
  • comments entered in minibuffer.
  • tied to its own database format
  • displays annotations on right side of window.
  • Threw timer errors when I used it.
  • Heavier code base (more than we need?).

virtual-comment

  • Available on MELPA
  • Supports Emacs >= 26.1
  • Recently updated (active)
  • 1 line = 1 comment
  • comments entered in minibuffer.
  • Tied to own storage format.
  • Source code quality is fair (not a lot of documentation).

phantom-inline-comments

  • not distributed on any ELPA
  • Supports Emacs >= 24.1
  • depends on (orphaned package) popwin
  • updated less often
  • comments entered in buffer
  • “experimental” comment persistence format
  • Poorest code quality of the three. Does not have proper package header, no lexical binding enabled, etc
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