Ghost: A popular and modern publishing platform
Ghost
Official website ghost.org
Our take
Modern, fast, and built around the thing it’s good at: independent publishing with native newsletters and paid memberships, which is why creators who want to own their audience gravitate to it. The catch is self-hosting Ghost is more involved than a flat-file blog, so many end up on the paid managed service. If a newsletter-and-subscription business is your aim, it’s purpose-built for that. For a tiny static personal blog, it’s more machinery than you need.
GitHub at a glance
TryGhost/Ghost
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Ghost license, in plain English
MIT Permissive
Do almost anything: use, change, and ship it, even inside closed-source products. The only condition is keeping the copyright notice.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.