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.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Get a badge for your siteGhost alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Kalmia icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
    Good alternative?
     
  2. ULTRV icon
     1 like

    ULTRV is a minimalist blogging platform. No tracking, no algorithms, no noise — just your writing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  3. KeystoneJS icon
     2 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
  4. Bolt icon
     13 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
    Bolt screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  5. BigPress CMS icon
     4 likes

    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
    Good alternative?
     
  6.  4 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  7. Contentbase icon
     1 like

    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 type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Typehut icon
     6 likes

    Typehut is a super simple publishing platform for any kind of content: blogs, newsletters, changelogs, announcements, events, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Good alternative?
     
  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)
    Good alternative?
     
  10.  2 likes

    Oxcyon's Centralpoint is an out-of-the-box CMS portal solution that offers data class libraries, document versioning, analytics and reports, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  11. Gojekyll icon
     1 like

    Gojekyll is a partially-compatible clone of the Jekyll static site generator, written in the Go programming language. It provides build and serve commands, with directory watch and live reload.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
  12. Keystatic icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
You are at page 9 of Ghost alternatives