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. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Keystatic icon
     1 like

    First-class CMS experience, TypeScript API, Markdown & YAML/JSON based, no DB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Superblog icon
     1 like

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

    16 Superblog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. BigPress CMS icon
     4 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Listed icon
     8 likes

    Listed is a free blogging addon that allows you to create a public journal published directly from your Standard Notes notes. This unique approach to keeping a public blog on the internet using just a notes app yields two surprising effects:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. SiteX CMS icon
     2 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Posthaven icon
     1 like

    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
     
  8. OverBlog icon
     7 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Gojekyll icon
     1 like

    Gojekyll is a partially-compatible clone of the Jekyll static site generator, written in the Go programming language. It provides build and serve commands, with directory watch and live reload.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10.  2 likes

    Oxcyon's Centralpoint is an out-of-the-box CMS portal solution that offers data class libraries, document versioning, analytics and reports, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  11. Hyvor Blogs icon
     4 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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