Ghost
Ghost is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Blogging Platforms category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to WordPress.com, Medium and Carrd. It has 55,607 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 55,607
- Forks
- 12,022
- Open issues
- 43
- Commits, last 12 months
- 6,670
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v6.72.0Oct 20, 2026
- Created
- May 4, 2013
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 6,670 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 6,670 |
| Latest release | v6.72.0 (Oct 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 1,013 |
| Open issues | 43 |
| Open pull requests | 200 |
| Good first issues | 3 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | May 4, 2013 |
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About Ghost
Just a blogging platform.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/TryGhost/Ghost.
Topics
- journalism
- publishing
- blogging
- javascript
- web-application
- cms
- nodejs
- ghost
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Is Ghost free and open source?
Yes. Ghost is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Ghost with Docker?
Ghost does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Nodejs), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Ghost?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Ghost include WriteFreely, Ech0 and HTMLy. Ghost itself is a self-hosted alternative to WordPress.com, Medium, Carrd, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix and Substack.
Is Ghost actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Ghost was on Oct 26, 2026 with 6,670 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v6.72.0, published Oct 20, 2026. It had 43 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.