Ghost
Open-source publishing and newsletter platform for independent publishers
What is Ghost?
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform that combines blog publishing with email newsletters and paid membership/subscription features. It offers a fast Markdown-based editor, built-in SEO, payments via Stripe and member management. It is favored by independent journalists, content creators and media startups. It can be self-hosted for free or used with the Ghost(Pro) hosting service.
Key facts
- Starting price
- $9 / month
- Pricing model
- Open source
- Active users
- —
- Customers
- —
- Vendor employees
- 35
- Launched
- 2013
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS), On-premise
- Platforms
- Web
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Clean, fast writing and publishing experience
- Built-in newsletters and paid memberships
- Open-source with a managed hosting option
- Free plan available
- Open source
- Can run on-premise
Considerations
- Fewer themes and integrations than WordPress
- Limited for sites beyond publishing
- Self-hosting requires technical setup
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Features
✓Self-hosted· Deployment
✓Open source· Deployment
✓Online payments· Finance
✓API access· Integrations
✓Webhooks· Integrations
✓Integrations marketplace· Integrations
✓Zapier integration· Integrations
✓Email integration· Integrations
✓Role-based access· Security
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