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Ghost

Modern open-source publishing and newsletter platform

48.0K stars Since 2020
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Modern open-source publishing and newsletter platform

License
MIT
Min RAM
512 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • ✓ Primary: content-publishing
  • ✓ Primary: newsletter-management
  • ✓ Primary: membership-sites

Compare with alternatives

Replaces / alternatives to

  • WordPress
  • Substack
  • Medium

Technical specs

Language
Node.js
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockernpm

Community

GitHub stars 48.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Ghost Foundation
Funding foundation

Release

Latest version —
Last release —
Since 2020

Best fit

Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general

Tags

  • cms
  • blog
  • newsletter
  • memberships
  • publishing
  • themes
  • api
  • seo