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Ghost

The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

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Cost / License

  • Free Personal
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Online
  • Self-Hosted
  • Cloudron
  • Node.JS
3.3
Fair10 reviews
250likes
12comments

Features

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Properties

  1.  Support for Themes
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  Publishing
  3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  4.  No Coding Required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Real time collaboration
  7.  Two-factor Authentication
  8.  WYSIWYG Support
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Dark Mode
  11.  Live Preview
  12. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
  13.  Fediverse
  14.  Headless CMS
  15.  Intuitive Nodes

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Ghost is appreciated for its simplicity and ease of use, with users highlighting its streamlined, bloat-free design. However, concerns are raised about limited functionality, complex installation, and issues with Apache and system resources. It's seen as ideal for simple blogging rather than complex projects. The subscription model and commercial focus, including hidden costs and resource demands, are also noted, influencing its categorization away from traditional FOSS.
Top Positive Comment
RobotiXRay
2

Simple and easy to use. Everything you need, no more and no less. No bloat and no mess.

Top Negative Comment
dkshsat
3

Due to mobiledoc-kit bugs, typing and pasting of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages is not working properly.

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/9801

yukirin

I just read about this and it's ridiculous that the issue has been there for 2 years

TBayAreaPat
0

This is commercial. I don't know how long the free trial lasts, but they want your Credit Card info before you do anything.

Matt Adamek
3

Fairly easy to template and even hack, as long as You self-host, but being implemented in NodeJS, it is not very easy on the system resources. As for front-end, the website will also use above-average amount of RAM through user's/visitor's browser. Authoring basic content is comfortable on the web as well as mobile, it is not for video, though. Although an MIT licensed OpenSource, it directly promotes commercial services, which fuels development and yields reliable documented integrations but disqualifies it from the FOSS label. Effectively, Ghost is a content platform allowing for ad and/or paywall based monetization. The easiest way, though, is to use partners ghost suggests, paying their fees. Cloud hosting offered directly id cheap at entry level but priced per paying member volume, so their "no revenue shares" claim is misleading. The software is ideal for creative/marketing agencies, reselling Ghost hosting and using one integrator across multiple instances.

tuva-hayabi
1

You have to pay a monthly fee as a subscription, which starts from $ 9 (billed annually). That’s a high price compared to Kirby for example, which costs a one time fee of € 99 + VAT. Not to speak of all those free content management systems.

mbirth

You can self-host Ghost for free: https://ghost.org/docs/hosting/

tuva-hayabi

You’re right … but you need server access and NodeJS, an installation on a standard web host seems not possible.

Sam Untoll
-3

good stuff for take a conversations

Fastest Exit
-4

Install is complicated and doesn't play well with Apache at all. Would like to see a future version play nicely with apache. Really easy to build themes for.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
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What is Ghost?

A beautifully designed platform dedicated to one thing: Publishing.

Ghost is an Open Source application which allows you to write and publish your own blog, giving you the tools to make it easy and even (gasp) fun to do. It's simple, elegant, and designed so that you can spend less time messing with making your blog work - and more time blogging.

Non-profit organisation offering an option for commercial hosting, however all functionality is available without charge.

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Ghost information

  • Developed by

    US flagGhost Inc.
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free Personal product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $9 and $199 per month.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.3
  • Alternatives

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  • News

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  51,431 Stars
  •  11,236 Forks
  •  265 Open Issues
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