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, Jekyll, Blogger and Hugo.

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  1. KeystoneJS icon
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    The open source framework for developing database-driven websites, applications and APIs in Node.js. Built on Express and MongoDB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Kalmia icon
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    Kalmia is a Go tool with a web interface for managing RsPress documentation. It supports multiple versions, multiple users, and includes a Markdown editor for easy edits.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
     
  3. Flowershow icon
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    Flowershow is a fully hosted platform for turning Markdown into beautiful websites. It is built for people who want to publish blogs, docs, and knowledge bases without dealing with deployment or maintenance.

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    • Online
     
  4. Audienceful icon
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    Audienceful is email marketing re-invented for the 2020s. Lightweight, collaborative, and setup with modern best practices by default.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Notion
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Movable Type is an open source product and the foundation of the Movable Type platform, designed for developers and open source devotees. Movable Type contains the professional blogging and content management features that Movable Type has always been known for.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6. Bolt icon
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    Bolt is a tool for Content Management, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. It is quick to set up, easy to configure, uses elegant templates, and above all: It’s a joy to use. Bolt is created using modern open source libraries, and is best suited to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Contentbase icon
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    Contentbase streamlines the entire content creation process through AI technology and programmatic SEO. The platform transforms blogging by handling each step - from initial SEO keyword research through content generation, publishing, and translation into multiple languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. BigPress CMS icon
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    BigPress CMS is an SaaS (software as a service) CMS focused in online newspapers and magazines. Among all the features typical in other software includes a visual editor for front pages and integration with external contents and services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Superblog icon
     1 like

    Superblog is a blazing fast alternative to WordPress and Medium. You can focus on writing content instead of SEO audits, speed, and design.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Listed icon
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    Listed is a free blogging addon that allows you to create a public journal published directly from your Standard Notes notes. This unique approach to keeping a public blog on the internet using just a notes app yields two surprising effects:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. SiteX CMS icon
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    SiteX is a fully automated website driven by PHP and MySQL available for free download. Fast setup, 10 languages, gallery with lightbox, forums, events, links, journal/blog, guestbook, polls, comments, contact form, HTML/plain text mailshots, downloads manager, easy page editing...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Keystatic icon
     1 like

    First-class CMS experience, TypeScript API, Markdown & YAML/JSON based, no DB.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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