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Ghost

Publishing platform for blogs, paid memberships, and newsletters

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  • Communication
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What it is

Ghost is a Node.js content management system for running a blog or online publication, with built-in member signups, paid subscriptions, and email newsletters. It includes an editor, theme system, and a content API so it can also serve as a headless CMS. Writers, journalists, and independent publishers run it on their own server or on the managed Ghost(Pro) service to publish work and earn from readers directly.

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Stars
55,577 GitHub stars.
55,577

Forks
12,015
Commits
55,461
Contributors
500+
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
May 2013
First release
October 2013
Platforms
web, self-hosted
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
Substack, WordPress.com, Medium
Tags
  • website-builder
  • writing
  • email

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsTea.xyz causes a flood of spam pull requests to open source projectsFeb 27, 2024 · 46 points · 16 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost Blogging PlatformOct 14, 2013 · 47 points · 6 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost 6.0Aug 4, 2025 · 38 points · 3 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“There’s the robot.txt thing you can put in your code, which is about permissions, but for my own example, if you have cloudflare domain, you can go to your…”Oct 16, 2026 · 24 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost 6.0Apr 23, 2026 · 11 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost 6.0Aug 4, 2025 · 7 points · 4 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost is now a digital public goodApr 29, 2026 · 6 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost: A beautiful, Open Source, markdown blogging platform in JavaScriptFeb 5, 2018 · 5 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsExplore the Independent WebNov 27, 2025 · 4 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“If you’re willing to entertain other options I’ve heard good things about ghost.org”Oct 1, 2026 · 3 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“patreon is pretty good. leaflet.pub is also pretty neat and is built on atpro/blsky/blacksky but yeah, we started Aminasi partially as a fuck you to substack…”Sep 8, 2026 · 2 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost Blog 1.0.0 has been releasedJul 25, 2017 · 1 point · 3 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsThe future of Ghost's admin UIFeb 18, 2014 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“leaflet.pub I'm (rarely) posting over there and it's perfectly okay to use without a paid subscription. For something more like Substack there's also ghost.org”Oct 4, 2026 · 2 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost for PublishersMay 18, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsGhost's social web (ActivityPub) integrationApr 2, 2025 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“You could also look into something like Ghost (microblogging service) or Steady (Patreon alternative; might be iffy for you cause it’s very EU-focused tho)…”Oct 16, 2026 · 1 like · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“@charlieangus104.bsky.social Your voice is incredibly important right now. That's why it's so disappointing that you are on Substack, and white supremacy…”Aug 25, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAbout GhostMay 20, 2025 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsNew Ghost blog release with scheduled postsJul 28, 2016 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)