Ghost

Open-source publishing/membership/newsletter platform — the indie alternative to Substack

★ 55,460 stars, verified 2026-09-30Category: Marketing / Content / Site BuildersGitHub repository ↗

An open-source publishing, membership, and newsletter platform; the indie alternative amid the Substack exodus.

AI tools for marketing copy, content creation, and site building.

Key features

Managed hosting via Ghost(Pro) with CDN, backups, security and maintenance
Self-host with the ghost-cli tool; local install in under a minute
Develop your own themes and work with the content API

Good for

People launching a site in 2 minutes with managed hosting
Developers building custom themes or API integrations

Stack & tags

JavaScriptNode.jscmsself-hostedbloggingmanaged-hostingthemesapi

Quick start

npm install ghost-cli -g
ghost install local

From the project README on GitHub.

Screenshots

Screenshots from the project’s GitHub README.

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