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, Hugo and Joomla.

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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. Gridsome icon
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    Gridsome is a free & open source Vue JS powered framework for building websites & apps that are fast by default.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Able icon
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    Able is a Able is a bootstrapped community for people to read and write about software. The goal is to provide a platform that people can use to share and develop their technical knowledge and opinions, and discover new opportunities to further their careers in technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Movable Type is an open source product and the foundation of the Movable Type platform, designed for developers and open source devotees. Movable Type contains the professional blogging and content management features that Movable Type has always been known for.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. Bolt icon
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    Bolt is a tool for Content Management, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. It is quick to set up, easy to configure, uses elegant templates, and above all: It’s a joy to use. Bolt is created using modern open source libraries, and is best suited to...

    36 Bolt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Superblog icon
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    Superblog is a blazing fast alternative to WordPress and Medium. You can focus on writing content instead of SEO audits, speed, and design.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. BigPress CMS icon
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    BigPress CMS is an SaaS (software as a service) CMS focused in online newspapers and magazines. Among all the features typical in other software includes a visual editor for front pages and integration with external contents and services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. OverBlog icon
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    OverBlog is a blogging platform, active and evolving. Create a blog, without any technical knowledge, and find everything you post ! Create your blog has never been easier.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. SiteX CMS icon
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    SiteX is a fully automated website driven by PHP and MySQL available for free download. Fast setup, 10 languages, gallery with lightbox, forums, events, links, journal/blog, guestbook, polls, comments, contact form, HTML/plain text mailshots, downloads manager, easy page editing...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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.

    85 Posthaven alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. Hyvor Blogs icon
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    Hyvor Blogs is a simple and powerful blogging platform with custom domains, custom themes, multi-language support, in-built SEO, and developer-friendly APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Oxcyon's Centralpoint is an out-of-the-box CMS portal solution that offers data class libraries, document versioning, analytics and reports, and more.

    49 Centralpoint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  12. CouchCMS icon
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    With no knowledge of PHP required at all you can make any static web-page editable by your clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • PHP
     
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