Writing and content
Ghost Pro alternatives
3 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
TryGhost/Ghostthe vendor’s own source★54,690 GitHub starsMIT licenceIndependent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.Open on GitHub ↗writefreely/writefreely★5,216 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceA clean, Markdown-focused multi-user publishing platform for writers and communities.Open on GitHub ↗themsaid/wink★2,923 GitHub starsMIT licenceA Laravel-based publishing platform for running a self-hosted blog and newsletter site.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Managed hosting (automatic ops, backups, scaling)
- Managed deliverability and deliverability consultation
- Priority support and Business/Custom plan SLAs
- Dedicated IP and certain higher usage limits
- Convenience of one-click upgrades and managed add-ons
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Ghost Pro, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.