What is Ghost?
Ghost is the best open-source platform for modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Turn your audience into a business with beautiful, modern publishing tools. Used by major publications including Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, and The Browser. Ghost is built to last – open-source, independent, and funded 100% by its users with no investors and no bullshit. From indie developers to enterprise publishers, thousands have launched successful publications. Last week alone, 8,364 brand new publications got started with Ghost. Creators have earned over $100M+ through Ghost-powered memberships.
Key Features
- ✓Modern blog publishing
- ✓Built-in email newsletters
- ✓Paid memberships and subscriptions
- ✓Native signup forms
- ✓Member management
- ✓Native analytics
- ✓Offers and promotions
- ✓Theme marketplace
- ✓Extensive integrations
- ✓SEO optimized
- ✓Content API
- ✓Open-source (MIT)
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Ghost is 100% open-source under MIT license, allowing complete self-hosting on your own infrastructure. Deploy on European servers for full data sovereignty over your publication and subscriber data. Ghost Foundation explicitly avoids investor influence – the platform is entirely user-funded. For publishers wanting complete control over their audience relationship without platform intermediaries, Ghost delivers independence.
Best For
💰 Pricing
Ghost Community is free and open-source for self-hosting. Ghost(Pro) managed hosting starts at $9/month with scaling tiers. No revenue share on memberships. Self-hosting includes all features at no cost.
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