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Ghost

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Ghost is an open-source, headless Node.js publishing platform for blogs, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters, released under the MIT license.

ApplicationCategory: Web Apps · CMS & publishing · E-commerce · Media & photosOpen sourcedata checked Oct 15, 2026
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Overview

Independent publishers need a way to run a professional site, sell memberships and subscriptions, and send newsletters without depending on a closed platform. Ghost is an open-source publishing CMS built on Node.js that covers these needs in one product, with a headless architecture that works with the front-end tools developers already use. Ghost can be installed locally with the ghost-cli command-line tool for development, or deployed to a server with automatic SSL setup using Let's Encrypt. Its API lets developers work with content from their own applications, and themes can be customised for the site's design. The project is maintained by the Ghost Foundation and released under the MIT license. Ghost is aimed at journalists, writers, and media teams who want to own their audience and publishing stack. Self-hosting gives full control, while the official Ghost(Pro) managed service handles hosting, backups, and maintenance for those who prefer not to run their own server.
  • blogging
  • cms
  • ghost
  • javascript
  • journalism
  • nodejs
  • publishing
  • web-application

Installation

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Compatibility

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PlatformStatusArchitectureEvidenceConfidence
Web browserCompatible—Declared on the card—
Server / self-hostedUnknown———
Container (OCI)Unknown———

Releases

checked Oct 29, 2026
v6.73.0LatestOct 27, 2026Official source ↗

Files in 6.73.0

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Release history

Quality profile

algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 15, 2026
Quality Score100
Risk Score0
Confidence 1.00
Quality Score and Risk Score are different measures. A high score does not guarantee safety.

Score components

Maintenance · 2020
last activity 0 days ago
Documentation · 1515
README 6241 chars, description present
Ready to use · 1515
install instructions: yes; releases: yes
Metadata · 1010
4/4 of description, homepage, license, topics
Releases · 1010
10 release(s), latest 0 days ago
Category confidence · 1010
classifier confidence 1
Adoption · 1010
55543 stars (log-dampened, 10k = max)
License clarity · 55
SPDX MIT
Community · 55
issues enabled, 11995 forks

License

MIT
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Sources

github.com/TryGhost/GhostPrimary★ 55,543 starslast activity Oct 15, 2026Primary repository · Confidence 1.00

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README

From TryGhost/Ghost · license MIT · fetched Oct 29, 2026

 

 

[!NOTE] Love open source? We're hiring! Ghost is looking staff engineers to join the team and work with us full-time

 

The easiest way to get a production instance deployed is with our official Ghost(Pro) managed service. It takes about 2 minutes to launch a new site with worldwide CDN, backups, security and maintenance all done for you.

For most people this ends up being the best value option because of how much time it saves — and 100% of revenue goes to the Ghost Foundation; funding the maintenance and further development of the project itself. So you’ll be supporting open source software and getting a great service!

 

Quickstart install

If you want to run your own instance of Ghost, in most cases the best way is to use our CLI tool

npm install ghost-cli -g

 

Then, if installing locally add the local flag to get up and running in under a minute - Local install docs

ghost install local

 

or on a server run the full install, including automatic SSL setup using LetsEncrypt - Production install docs

ghost install

 

Check out our official documentation for more information about our recommended hosting stack & properly upgrading Ghost, plus everything you need to develop your own Ghost themes or work with our API.

Contributors & advanced developers

To contribute to Ghost, start with the contributing guide. To work on the monorepo, see the codebase documentation.

 

Ghost sponsors

A big thanks to our sponsors and partners who make Ghost possible. If you're interested in sponsoring Ghost and supporting the project, please check out our profile on GitHub sponsors :heart:

DigitalOcean • Fastly • Tinybird • BairesDev

 

Getting help

Everyone can get help and support from a large community of developers over on the Ghost forum. Ghost(Pro) customers have access to 24/7 email support.

To stay up to date with all the latest news and product updates, make sure you subscribe to our changelog newsletter — or follow us on Twitter, if you prefer your updates bite-sized and facetious. :saxophone::turtle:

 

License & trademark

Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license. Ghost and the Ghost Logo are trademarks of Ghost Foundation Ltd. Please see our trademark policy for info on acceptable usage.

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