Ghost
The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- Node.JS
Features
Properties
- Support for Themes
- Privacy focused
Features
- Support for MarkDown
- Publishing
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- No Coding Required
- Ad-free
- Real time collaboration
- Two-factor Authentication
- WYSIWYG Support
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Live Preview
Support for ActivityPub- Fediverse
- Headless CMS
- Intuitive Nodes
Tags
- content-as-a-service
- Node.js
- Javascript
- blogging-engine
Ghost News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Ghost
Ghost unveils Ghost Explore, a new discovery engine for publishersGhost has introduced Ghost Explore, a new discovery engine that aggregates independent publishers u...
- Fla published news article about Ghost
Ghost(Pro) adds free .link domains and automated setup with EntriGhost(Pro) now offers faster domain setup through Entri.com, a platform offering API-driven solutio...
- Fla published news article about Ghost
Ghost introduces one-time codes for flexible member sign-inGhost has launched one-time codes as a new sign-in option for members, complementing its existing m...
Recent activities
- cy6ernauti1us reviewed Ghost
They started off with a 'free' version, and then kept curtailing the number of functions included in this "free" version, until their SaaS version which is listed as 'Online' here in this entry on AlternativeTo.net, CONTAINS NO FREE TIER AT ALL!
To use the "free" version, one must SPEND MONEY on OWN SERVER and the minimum requirements Ghost mandates (nerdy dev speak like "node" etc etc); AND TIME & EFFORT of one's own or hire one of the nerdy devs who so passionately push this service.
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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.
Ghost information
Developed by
Ghost Inc. Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free Personal product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $9 and $199 per month.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.1Alternatives
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- English
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Comments and Reviews
Simple and easy to use. Everything you need, no more and no less. No bloat and no mess.
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
I just read about this and it's ridiculous that the issue has been there for 2 years
They started off with a 'free' version, and then kept curtailing the number of functions included in this "free" version, until their SaaS version which is listed as 'Online' here in this entry on AlternativeTo.net, CONTAINS NO FREE TIER AT ALL!
To use the "free" version, one must SPEND MONEY on OWN SERVER and the minimum requirements Ghost mandates (nerdy dev speak like "node" etc etc); AND TIME & EFFORT of one's own or hire one of the nerdy devs who so passionately push this service.
All in all, this is all LEGIT under the plausible explanation of "SEO" which has mutated to mean GAMING THE SYSTEM! without anyone raising any objections even when it's obvious.
I'd reject Ghost and stay away from it just purely on moral and ethical grounds, not even counting any merit it may have in it's software or service. Has it become so difficult to be honest about one's product or service in today's day & age?
This is commercial. I don't know how long the free trial lasts, but they want your Credit Card info before you do anything.
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.
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.
You can self-host Ghost for free: https://ghost.org/docs/hosting/
You’re right … but you need server access and NodeJS, an installation on a standard web host seems not possible.
good stuff for take a conversations