Ghost Alternatives

Ghost is described as 'The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Ghost for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Ghost alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghost are Drupal, Blogger, Joomla and Hugo.

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  1. Posthaven icon
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    What would it be like to make a service that lasts for 10 years? 100 years? That’s what we’re trying to build at Posthaven. We’re as sick as you are to have to switch services every few years, or worry about running your own servers and getting hacked all the time.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. Svbtle icon
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    Svbtle, a new kind of magazine. An extremely simple platform for collecting and developing ideas, sharing them with the world, and reading them. The developers have focused their energy into building the simplest interface for accomplishing these goals.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  3. Symphony CMS icon
     15 likes

    Symphony is an XSLT-powered open source content management system

    It's a web-based content management system (CMS) that enables users to create and manage websites and web applications of all shapes and sizes—from the simplest of blogs to bustling news sites and feature-pack.

    128 Symphony CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. GetSimple CMS icon
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    GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with its best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn't. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to manage a small-business website.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Pillowfort icon
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    [Pillowfort is currently in closed beta with over 40,000 users. Everyone who donates $5 or more will get a registration key (or keys) to create an account on the site]

    112 Pillowfort alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. Bazium icon
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    Bazium Website Builder is a service for creating websites and online stores without coding. Build your website with 200+ predesigned blocks, customise blocks however you want or create your own design via flexible block. Liven up your website with various animation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. SITE123 icon
     4 likes

    Create a website using ready-made styles and layouts. No design or coding skills required. Just enter your content and 1, 2, 3 - it's up and running!.

    146 SITE123 alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Lavalite icon
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    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    245 Lavalite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  9. Sulu CMS icon
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    The ideal combination of PHP developer experience and agency platform. Deliver complex sites and great user experiences for the content teams who work on your site every day.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Mura icon
     2 likes

    Mura CMS is an open source CMS that is both powerful and easy to use. Mura CMS is perfect for marketing departments, CSS developers, and ColdFusion programmers alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    Posted on BlueRiver's Homepage - Amtrak website converted to Mura
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  11. Movable Type Advanced is designed for large companies that require compatibility with the Oracle or SQL Server databases and LDAP-type directory service support. It contains all of the features of Movable Type plus these advanced grade features and priority support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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