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 Medium.

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Ghost alternatives are mainly CMS Tools, but if you're looking for Blog Publishing Tools or Website Builders you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ghost.
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  1. Cosmic JS icon

    Cosmic JS

     4 likes

    Cosmic JS is a powerful content platform that makes it easy to transform your content into a beautifully simple API which can be used in any website or internet-connected application. Developers are enabled to build freely and easily, content editors can intuitively edit content...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Homepage
     
  4. Phaistos icon

    Phaistos

     1 like

    Phaistos is a software for creating fast and accessible websites. It offers customizable templates, free hosting, team management features, and much more. Phaistos is suitable for individuals, web agencies, and companies of every size.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Wemebox

     6 likes

    Wemebox is a product for people who want to create and deploy websites faster. It's a hybrid content management system that sits right in between Wordpress and Hugo. Made to be simple and work out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. DigitalPress.blog icon

    DigitalPress.blog

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    Launch your own Ghost blog for free. Plenty of storage is included,Many free themes. Tell your story with DigitalPress.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Octopress icon

    Octopress

     19 likes

    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
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  10. Kalmia icon

    Kalmia

     2 likes

    Kalmia is a Go tool with a web interface for managing RsPress documentation. It supports multiple versions, multiple users, and includes a Markdown editor for easy edits.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
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  11. Audienceful icon

    Audienceful

     16 likes

    Audienceful is email marketing re-invented for the 2020s. Lightweight, collaborative, and setup with modern best practices by default.

    231 Audienceful alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Notion
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Email marketing re-invented for the 2020s
     
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    Audienceful vs Ghost Comments
    KemBerg
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    Can cross-publish newsletter to Webflow, and Webflow is is miles ahead of Ghost as a site builder. Email designs look just as good as Ghost as well.

    • Audienceful is Freemium and ProprietaryGhost is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Audienceful is LightweightGhost is not according to our users
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    Fork CMS

     36 likes

    Fork CMS is dedicated to creating a user friendly environment to build, monitor and update your website. We take great pride in being the Content Management System of choice for beginners and professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    The pages module, used to organize your website's structure.
     
  13. Metalsmith icon

    Metalsmith

     2 likes

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for NodeJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  14. Verless icon

    Verless

     1 like

    verless (pronounced like serverless) is a Static Site Generator designed for Markdown-based content with focus on simplicity and performance. It reads your Markdown files, applies your HTML templates and renders them as a website.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    PluXml

     12 likes

    PluXml is a script helping you to create a site or a blog. PluXml doesnt require any programming knowledge nor a database. You only need PHP on your web hosting. PluXml is light, easy to use with a clear administration interface and it stores your data in easily portable XML...

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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