Ghost Alternatives

Ghost is described as 'The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Ghost for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Ghost alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghost are Drupal, Jekyll, Blogger and Hugo.

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  1. Bazium icon
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    Bazium Website Builder is a service for creating websites and online stores without coding. Build your website with 200+ predesigned blocks, customise blocks however you want or create your own design via flexible block. Liven up your website with various animation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Posthaven icon
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    What would it be like to make a service that lasts for 10 years? 100 years? That’s what we’re trying to build at Posthaven. We’re as sick as you are to have to switch services every few years, or worry about running your own servers and getting hacked all the time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Svbtle icon
     17 likes

    Svbtle, a new kind of magazine. An extremely simple platform for collecting and developing ideas, sharing them with the world, and reading them. The developers have focused their energy into building the simplest interface for accomplishing these goals.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Symphony CMS icon
     15 likes

    Symphony is an XSLT-powered open source content management system

    It's a web-based content management system (CMS) that enables users to create and manage websites and web applications of all shapes and sizes—from the simplest of blogs to bustling news sites and feature-pack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. GetSimple CMS icon
     18 likes

    GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with its best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn't. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to manage a small-business website.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. SITE123 icon
     4 likes

    Create a website using ready-made styles and layouts. No design or coding skills required. Just enter your content and 1, 2, 3 - it's up and running!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Lavalite icon
     6 likes

    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  8. Sulu CMS icon
     1 like

    The ideal combination of PHP developer experience and agency platform. Deliver complex sites and great user experiences for the content teams who work on your site every day.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Mura icon
     2 likes

    Mura CMS is an open source CMS that is both powerful and easy to use. Mura CMS is perfect for marketing departments, CSS developers, and ColdFusion programmers alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. PureBlog icon
     3 likes

    Pure Blog is a simple, flat-file blogging platform with a Markdown-first editor and a lightweight admin area. It stores posts and pages as Markdown files on disk—no database required.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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